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A restaurant in North Carolina, USA, took a stand against evil children reared its owner sticking a sign in the window before claiming "children screaming will not be tolerated."

The owner of "Olde Salty's, Brenda Armes, defends his actions by saying she is sick of hearing customers complain about being put out of their meals by children shouting and felt his restaurant was quickly transformed into field local game, hence the reason for his drastic action that she says brings in more customers than it is to stay away.

Closer to home in a Hertfordshire village my family and I were turned away from a coffee shop in the local farm after introducing a ban on children under eight years of a policy even marked the site office local tourism.

It is these isolated incidents or we move away from "home" to eat more draconian "children should be seen and not heard" approach to the restaurant?

Mother of two children and parents author Joanna Simmons ("The Aargh of parenthood to Zzzz") remembers suffering a humiliating experience trying to eat with her children in a cafe in Hampshire.

"In fact, they did not want children there, but could not bring himself to say, so instead they had a card on each table with a big long list of" rules "about how which children should behave. "

While Joanna said her own children, aged three and five, were well behaved, she was made uncomfortable throughout their meal, and only chose to stay, as a small town, "we do not have much choice when it came to finding somewhere for a quick snack.

But it's not just 'young' children who can not be banned when it comes to eating out. When Terri Dowty and her 15 year old son tried to order a sandwich sitting in the garden of a country pub, "they refused to serve their customers say we did not put up with 'noisy' children! Terri admits she was fuming, "my son was 15 and very quiet, they were glad to divert; still seemed to ignore a group of unruly boys sitting at the next table.

Although there are many "family" restaurants out there that offer children's menus and business groups, in most cases they are among the outlets of major chains if you step beyond these do you risk taking a chance?

Although discrimination laws mean companies can get away with banning people because of their race or because of any disability, it is not the same situation when it comes to children's rights . "The Equality Act 2010 extends protection only to age discrimination to those over 18," said Carla Garnell, Children's Rights Alliance for England, which means it's really nothing to stop places such as cafes, restaurants and tearooms prohibiting children from their premises or posting notices at times like those seen in the stands saying "only two students allowed at any time."

On the other hand, let's face it, even if our own children are well behaved, we've all seen examples of poorly behaved children in public places, and if you paid for a babysitter for children or simply do not have your own, it is easy to feel resentful if a meal is out spoiled by someone other bad behavior.

But it is easy to point the finger at the children to be the culprits when it comes to cause disturbances in restaurants is that still the case? I've been in many places it is actually other adults who have been the source of the factor of "disturbance". Yes they are the ones shouting into his mobile at full volume during their lunch or spice up their conversation with swear words, while seeming totally oblivious to anyone else.

So maybe it is time that we were all a little more respectful of our guests?

What do you think? Children should be allowed to eat outside?
Or should we encourage them to be respectful of the guests and adults to be more understanding of children?

Posted in: on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at at 8:56 AM