A
lot of people eat precooked or take-out meals nowadays
purely
due
to the comfort
that it affords them. Plenty
of families have both
dad and mom doing
the job outside the home so cooking at home can become a hassle. To go
food
has become a mantra of a lot of these working class people.
They often prefer
to bring their meals home to eat because of the atmosphere. It can be
hard on small kids to sit still at the dinner table so if you go to a
restaurant, it must be family friendly.
Finding a family friendly
eating
place isn’t really as easy as it sounds. Simply
because they've
got a children’s menu doesn’t automatically make them warm
and friendly. It’s all about the ambiance
that it presents. Even if the restaurant has a coveted menu, if it is a quieter
dining area then they are going to be less considerate of the family that has a
child with them. The younger the child, the more noise they are bound to make.
In this type of atmosphere
you’ll find that your precious child
is going to be disturbing
the nearby
tables. Some of the clients
might find them adorable, but chances are unless they have kids too you’re just
going to be disrupting their meal.
A louder environment doesn’t
necessarily signal a family friendly atmosphere. You certainly wouldn’t want to
take your child into a sports bar, and nothing can get much louder than that,
especially during the playoffs. Restaurants that are a little noisier will
guarantee that your little one won’t make as big of a scene though. Patrons of
these establishments know that they are not going to get a quiet, peaceful meal
so if you have a little one who has a meltdown chances are you’re not going to
disturb the locals.
Family friendly eating
places may or may not serve alcohol. If they do its refreshments
like wine coolers, beer, or a one
glass
of vino. There is no bar for people to become drunk at and make a
scene that you don’t want your children to be exposed to. They generally have
coloring sheets or activities for the kids to do while they wait. This could be
table games or an arcade off to the side. Places that have an arcade tend to
attract other families so parents can feel okay about sending their older
children over to play while they wait.
Finding that family friendly
atmosphere is becoming more and more difficult. There
are plenty of restaurants in Kent that have a mixture of patrons
and often the single, or committed
with no children
have
grown to be increasingly illiberal
of those who do have children and some have been pressuring the supervisors
to do something about it. That doesn’t mean can't you find several places that
make sure families feel welcomed, you just have to look at how they operate to
make sure that you are in an area that doesn’t see your children as a problem,
instead they see them as a patron.
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