Behavior in public w/other kids -- WWYD

BettyH

Ok, so we are going to Pizza Hut on Sunday for an adult birthday party (my DH's grandmother's). This is a large group with all ages. Usually we do not venture out much to resteraunts with our 2.5 DD. She can be very good but we try not to chance it too much.

Question, what do you do when your kid(s) see other kids misbehaving and they want to go along with it but you don't want them to (especially in a public place). Again, due to the large group, she doesn't see they kids that often so it's like they are friends of hers. Advice is welcome!

pitterpatter129

We just tell him no.  If everyone else is running like mad around the restaurant, it doesn't matter.  You will sit in your highchair and eat at the table.  If you don't behave, we will go home.  Just because other people don't teach

Sonadora

Pretty much what PP said.  We have our rules. I don't care what other parents do with their children, but mine will follow our established rules and if she can't, we will leave.

As she gets older we will just explain that each family does

zeptattoo

Sonadora:

Pretty much what PP said.  We have our rules. I don't care what other parents do with their children, but mine

kcisthebombdotcom

maybe it's just me but at a party at a place as casual as pizza hut i probably wouldn't be so stern with rules as i would be if this was say a lunch at a nice sit down restaurant. of course i wouldn't let my child throw food and jump on the booths like

1026pumpkin

We are a little more lenient with table rules at restaurants, because DS has a much longer wait there (waiting for waitress, waiting for food to arrive, etc.) than he does at home.  We'll let him color or play with our iPhones while waiting and af

shaw

If the other kids are up and running around, I would distract mine with a APP on my phone or coloring while sitting at the table. Then at some point I would offer to walk my guy and another kid around the restarunt to have some social interaction.

TiffanyBerry

I tell DD that different parents have different rules, and she has to follow our rules.  End of story.

sschwege

I just usually say something like, "You already know to sit in your seat at a restaurant, they must still be learning."  Then DD says, something like, "They don't know" and she's fine with it.  When she gets a little older I will probably just e

12bailey18

TiffanyBerry:

I tell DD that different parents have different rules, and she has to follow our rules.  End of story.
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