Children in restaurants

[Brakeman]

It's not the kids it is the parents. They are legally and socially responsible for the behavior of their children.
Adults are no more valuable than children. A child should also be able to experience a fine dining environment when they can stay within socially acceptable behavior. Not all children are rude screaming disasters just like not all black men are dangerous thugs. Stereotyping children is just as bad as stereotyping adults.

Point taken. However unlike adults children are prone to mood swings and unpredictable behavior, what starts out as well behaved child could turn into a total meltdown for little reason. Again not blaming the children but parents should try not let their children be disruptive.

I'm a lurker over at the video site liveleak where people post videos of commotions and disterbances at restaurants quite often. I've gone back page after page of disturbances at restaurants starting from today and going back in time and I haven't seen a video of a small kid posted at all but dozens, if not hundreds of adults fighting, screaming, getting arrested, shooting, and killing inside restaurants.
Most look something like this:



or this:




And that is not including the numerous "sex" in public videos that I'll leave off.

Speaking from my personal experience, I have been much more disturbed in public by adults shouting and fighting by far than from kids.

My seven year old daughter has never acted out in a restaurant even once in her life as far as I know, neither did her 17 year old sister when she was young.  It's not universal.  I would be irate if someone refused service to my family because they thought all kids were little bitches, just as you would be Irate if someone stereotyped you.
The individual matters.