I'll clerify what I mean cause this might be confusing. What I mean is should an Airline or Resturant be allowed deny service to a child (not teenager) if that child is being unruly, rude, or making a scene and why?

I'll give you an example of a situation involving a Resturant denying children service.


http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2084234,00.html

Or to those who don't want to read a time.com article. A resturant near Pittsburgh has banned child from age 6 to younger from entering the store. The owner said that he did so because customer's have been complaining about the disruption the children make and the parents who were not attempting to calm the children down. This is a general summary btw.

It may be illegal to do so with the Interstate Commerce Act but I believe restaurants want to create a certain atmosphere that people can enjoy.  They certainly should be able to ban children as some bars and clubs don't allow kids under 18 or under 21 to enter.  I'm completely comfortable with it and I like the idea.  I don't have kids and I don't want to hear kids cry and scream and misbehave in a restaurant while I'm trying to enjoy a meal with my wife.

Saying that, the restaurants that lose out on family money will help other restaurants built for families make more.  TGI Friday's will get more traffic because they do serve children.

I work in a YMCA.  We have a family locker room and we have locker rooms for men and women 13 and up.  It works perfectly.  Little kids aren't wandering around making noise and being a nuisance.  Of course, there's nudity involved with locker rooms but the rooms themselves are quieter, more peaceful, and more enjoyable.  Families like the way the other space is created which gives them more space and privacy and kids can have fun without bothering others.

I'm sold.

Warkmaker: That would be interesting to see how a court would rule on something like this. But until a lawsuit is filed, we'll never know (I believe that a lawsuit could file if its a major resturant like Applebees, Chiles, or Hooters...ok maybe not Hooters.)

Also I agree with you that family built resturants will make more money; but resturants that banned children that I was shocked to fine actually gained money by doing so (in the example that I posted last time people as far away as Cleveland were making resurvations...and the resturant was near Pittsburgh!)