do you take your babies and dc into pubs ?

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we do

I do.

Not that often but if I want to go for a daytime drink she comes too - is almost the only time she gets crisps!

Often. Took them to a family funeral reception in a pub on Wednesday.

Take them for a meal sometimes, or to watch sport (we dont have Sky Sports). On holiday go to pubs regularly especially if they have nice gardens, good food, or just a nice space to play cards/dominos etc.

I love pubs, they are part of my life, so they are part of family life.

so what do people think of JD Wetherspoon new rules?

Yep. Only in the day and only if I'm eating but I really enjoy a long lazy sunday afternoon in the pub with all my friends and our kids. What sundays are for. And no washing up!

Not if I can help it. Sometimes eating places.

Think the Spoons rule sucks.

what are the new rules?

no more than two drinks for parents with children.

yup

Yeah, but usually only if we are eating or an organised event - ie halloween party/fireworks etc or to use the loo!

yep but usually for food - no more than twice a month

I don't see anything wrong with that rule personally but then I don't agree with people taking kids into pubs to sit and drink. A couple of drinks with a meal fair enough but not to sit and drink all day.

we do because it's the only restaurant around here for miles.

fortunately, it's very family friendly - this is a rural area.

it's not a wetherspoon's. tbh i've not seen a wetherspoon's that i'd want to set foot in.

Thought that they weren't new rules - they've been around for a couple of years. Just news because it was new to a journalist.

we always have for food. I don't have a problem with the wetherspoons rule - joining in with a family meal is one thing - playing under the table whilst your parents drink themselves under it would be quite another!

Yes, for meals. Once sat for an hour with a couple of halves and bags of quavers on a wet Sunday afternoon. It was very quiet and Dd played happily on some stairs. I remember thinking it was a real treat - but we've never done it again.

I don't think pubs are appropriate places for children really, unless it is for a meal.

My dad lived/ran a pub until recently and my DC's were never taken in there, even though that meant they didn't see their Grandad very often

As for the Wetherspoon's rule - why would you expect to be able to look after children adequately when you have drunk so much you wouldn't legally be allowed to drive a car?

Some pubs are nice to sit outside in the summer though if they have a big play area.

The Wetherspoons rule apparently includes non alcoholic drinks too.

sorry just come back to this.. yes colditz it does include non alcohlic drinks. Obviously I don't agree with the idea of a parents getting plastered whilst their children sit around watching. But we have spent afternoons in the pub with other friends and their children....

The Weatherspoons rule isn't there to stop parents drinking too muchalcohol. It is there to limit the stay of the kids (whose presence annoy other people). Ie have your meal and get out please.

it depends on the pub. would never take ds into city centre/town centre pub but we do walk occasionally to our local with the dogs and the baby for a sunday afternoon drink.

ladymuck - but i can make 2 pints take aaagggees to drink lol

Not sure that it's fair that it includes non-alcoholic drinks too! I still couldn't sit in a pub for long with my kids though, just don't think it's right. I take it they don't limit the drinks if you are still eating your meal?