First of all, the original poster seemed more concerned about his own needs of having a quiet meal in a hotel on CHRISTMAS day than the safety of those kids.
Of course parents first responsability is to make sure that their kids are not in danger.
These Christmas events in hotels are normally advertised as family events, so one would expect to have over-exited little kids running around. If you want a quiet meal, then choose any other day of the year, when parent's only choice is to take their small kids to McDonalds and feed them junk until they are old enough (and not before the age of three) to know how to behave in a proper restaurant. Really, you have 364 days to have your quiet lunch in a Hotel buffett restaurant.
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Zakmama, are you honestly telling me that when your little ones were two or three years old they would sit still for eight hours straight on a plane? wow, I mean oh WOW!!! Were you putting Valium into their bottles or what? Ok, where is the catch?
Munoz says: "I don't understand why parents let their children run up and down airplane aisles though"
Ok, I'll explain to you why. Imagine, your kid is tired and very very frustated, you have been in the airport for a couple of hours or more, got into a plane and sit your toddler for another hour until taking off and drinks have been served. You can tell a masive tantrum is brewing slowly like a storm. As a parent you see the signs of the tantrum coming. You desperately want to avoid the tantrum, you want your toddler to get rid of some of his frustration. Yup, you let him run up and down the aisles, because walking wont be effective enough. If he runs long enough, maybe, just maybe, he will get tired and he will sleep a long nap on the plane.
Where do I start...
First of all, the original poster seemed more concerned about his own needs of having a quiet meal in a hotel on CHRISTMAS day than the safety of those kids.
Of course parents first responsability is to make sure that their kids are not in danger.
These Christmas events in hotels are normally advertised as family events, so one would expect to have over-exited little kids running around. If you want a quiet meal, then choose any other day of the year, when parent's only choice is to take their small kids to McDonalds and feed them junk until they are old enough (and not before the age of three) to know how to behave in a proper restaurant. Really, you have 364 days to have your quiet lunch in a Hotel buffett restaurant.
OK, next:
Zakmama, are you honestly telling me that when your little ones were two or three years old they would sit still for eight hours straight on a plane? wow, I mean oh WOW!!! Were you putting Valium into their bottles or what? Ok, where is the catch?
Munoz says: "I don't understand why parents let their children run up and down airplane aisles though"
Ok, I'll explain to you why. Imagine, your kid is tired and very very frustated, you have been in the airport for a couple of hours or more, got into a plane and sit your toddler for another hour until taking off and drinks have been served. You can tell a masive tantrum is brewing slowly like a storm. As a parent you see the signs of the tantrum coming. You desperately want to avoid the tantrum, you want your toddler to get rid of some of his frustration. Yup, you let him run up and down the aisles, because walking wont be effective enough. If he runs long enough, maybe, just maybe, he will get tired and he will sleep a long nap on the plane.