Dogs VS Children

So this week I thought I would chat about the landlord who decided that dogs were allowed, but not children. Though when hubby told me my mind went to children eat free or get a free child, till I thought about it. What I do find interesting is that the headline I saw was “A pub owner sparked huge debate”. However, it seems that most of the locals appear to support the landlord and there has only been very few negative reactions to the policy. One saying, “Why is it socially acceptable to literally hate children?”. It appears that this post has sparked the so called “debate”. If you dig a little deeper this policy at this pub has been in place for 11 years, so is nothing new and apparently he had the same policy in his previous pub. 

So as usually the media and social media have taken one comment and made it into something. At the end of the day as long as it is not illegal then is it up to the landlords the policy they use. For those of us that are old enough to remember when it became illegal to smoke in public places, including bars and pubs, children were never seen in pubs. I do agree with many of the comments that it is great to have places that we can go were there are no kids. I don’t say this because I hate children, but because as a parent who had an evening out without my own children I didn’t really want to share it with someone else’s kids. As a teacher now I think I am even worse. I spend all day with other people children I don’t want to spend my evenings or weekends with them.

On reflection I am actually not sure it is that simple. I have taken my own children out to many places including some of the top Michelin star restaurants. But I would expect my children to behave and to sit and respect others. If that was not going to happen, though it never did, I would remove them from the situation and not allowed them to disrupt others. This is the thing that seems not to happen. I have been to many restaurants or pubs and some parents seem to think that the responsibility of their children ends as the enter the premises. I have seen children screaming, throwing things, running around and on the whole being a disturbance to those around them. The frustrating part is that, I know that this can happen, but the parents did nothing. In some cases expecting the staff to help manage their children. This is what I think people are fed up with. It is not the children that are hated, but the way in which they are parented. 

In contrast to this when dogs are in pubs, owners continue monitor behaviour of the dogs and will stop any bad behaviour the instance it happens. I do know there are irresponsible dog owners and parents who are great with their kids when out. I just would like a few options.

On that note I think I am going to go to this pub and check it out.