Hooray for sanity in eating ! McDain's in Monroeville bans kids under 6 ! ...

Thank God for sanity in eating !

Kudos for restaurant owner Mike Vuick for having the courage to stand up to irresponsible parents & ban kids under 6 because his CUSTOMERS complained about the noise being made by kids who think a restaurant is a playground or a place where you can scream as loud as you want, while the parents of the little monsters sit there and do nothing to stop the kid from being disruptive !

My girlfriend and I have gone to dozens of restaurants and had our meals ruined by children running around, playing tag, screaming, throwing tantrums and generally ruining our dining experience.

If you DARE to say anything about it to the parents, they get belligerent and say how dare WE tell THEM how to raise their kids.

If you DARE to say anything to the restaurant MANAGER about the noise, you'll usually get a reply to the effect that " this is a FAMILY restaurant " and nothing will be done about the disruptive child.

I commend the owner of McDain's for finally doing what probably millions of people have WANTED to for years ! Which is to say NO to the tyranny of those who do not tell their children how to behave in public. Either that or they don't give a damn how and if anyone else is disturbed by how their little " darlings " behave.

If either of us had done what we've seen some children do, our backsides would have been sore for a week. Of course, we were raised during a time when Child Protective Services didn't have their octopus-like fingers into every element of parenting.

My sister didn't raise her children to act like that and neither have her children who now have kids of their own. They're well behaved and very bright as well.

Sadly, I'm not in Monroeville, but when I go back to Pittsburgh next year, I will make a point to eat at McDain's and say hi.

Picture is from their website. The link to their restaurant is above. Picture of Mike Vuick is from WTAE but I took it off of Google.