POLL: Should mums to be have to buy their babies a ticket to the Olympic Games?

[madelaine]

Anyone who wants to take a baby to the Olympics should have the baby taken into care!

I'm exaggerating. It's called hyperbole but you get my drift.

[FirstGreenIsGold]

Off topic a bit. There is a local steak and pizza restaurant in town that is one of the nicer restaurants. It's the kind of place that businessmen would go to for a lunch meeting. My husband and I rarely go out to eat. We went out on New Year's Eve (which is our wedding anniversary) for a nice dinner at this restaurant. Our meal was ruined by unruly and loud kids and the parents who ignored those kids. If they wanted pizza there is such a thing as take out. If they were out for New Year's, then I don't know why they wouldn't want to leave their offspring with a babysitter.

[madelaine]

Off topic a bit. There is a local steak and pizza restaurant in town that is one of the nicer restaurants. It's the kind of place that businessmen would go to for a lunch meeting. My husband and I rarely go out to eat. We went out on New Year's Eve (which is our wedding anniversary) for a nice dinner at this restaurant. Our meal was ruined by unruly and loud kids and the parents who ignored those kids. If they wanted pizza there is such a thing as take out. If they were out for New Year's, then I don't know why they wouldn't want to leave their offspring with a babysitter.

While I totally agree that unruly children can wreck a meal out, a babysitter on New Year's Eve? No chance! We always had to take our children with us, but there was always provision for children where we went.

[RonOne]

I think 10 is a good age,
under that I do not think the kids would enjoy it, nor anybody else.
It may also be a distraction to competitors.

May be if there was an equivalent to Henmans Hill / Murry's Mount,
just outside the arena.

[FirstGreenIsGold]

While I totally agree that unruly children can wreck a meal out, a babysitter on New Year's Eve? No chance! We always had to take our children with us, but there was always provision for children where we went.

But I'll bet you didn't take your children to that kind of restaurant on New Year's eve. If I go to McD's I expect kids. It's a restaurant for kids and families. The restaurant that I'm talking about is not a typical family type restaurant.

[astral276]

If they were out for New Year's, then I don't know why they wouldn't want to leave their offspring with a babysitter.

A babysitter would cost money - DRINKING MONEY!!!

[madelaine]

But I'll bet you didn't take your children to that kind of restaurant on New Year's eve. If I go to McD's I expect kids. It's a restaurant for kids and families. The restaurant that I'm talking about is not a typical family type restaurant.

Oh, yes, I realise that and I wouldn't let my children misbehave anywhere (they are out of my control now at 26 & 30!).

[Fossy]

Oh, yes, I realise that and I wouldn't let my children misbehave anywhere (they are out of my control now at 26 & 30!).

............ and you look so young!!

[BAGHAG999]

Thanks to this thread they are going to reconsider this issue,Mums up and down the Country can thank EBID.

[astral276]

Thanks to this thread they are going to reconsider this issue,Mums up and down the Country can thank EBID.

Odd...I thought the consensus of this thread was that babes shouldn't be allowed in at all - let alone for free.