Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Feloria]

Look up "no kids allowed movement", and you will see tons of articles about how many businesses are "banning" children, especially those under 6 yrs.

Malaysia airlines, among others, has banned kids from some first class flights.
Various upscale restaurants have a "no kids allowed" policy.
There are also some movie theaters which have "adults only" shows, and not because of adult content.

The reasons for this are obvious--to prevent patrons from having to put up with unruly, misbehaving, uncontrollable kids.

But to "ban" all kids?
Do you think the ban goes to far, or are you thinking "it's about time"

I'm not a parent, so I have to say banning young children in certain situations such as high end restaurants and long flights sounds great to me.

Other thoughts??

[tatertot]

I have kids and I'm all for this. I want to open a "no-kids" coffee shop, myself. I don't understand how parents could possibly have a problem with this. It's not as if there are no "kid-friendly" movie theaters, restaurants, and other types of venues. It seems to me that parents just want everyone to experience the joy of their wonderful children (whether the other people want to do so, or not).

[jvalmer]

No problems. There are some events that just aren't suitable with kids present. Also, a lot of business class seats have not allowed people under 16 to purchase tickets for decades.

[pucciniphile]

If the three of you feel that way about children,
I hope none of you work with children.

[rainism]

about time.

seems each and very time I'm on a long flight, there's some some screaming infant within earshot driving me absolutely loopy.

I can sympathize somewhat with infants, though it makes me no less crazy, but there are a lot of idiot parents out there whose parenting license should be revoked who allow their 3-5 year olds run absolutely amok and also whine/cry up a storm and I for one am sick and tired of it.

[Swampfox10mm]

This is in Korea, or elsewhere?

[Fox]

[Smee]

A restaurant where I live started a ban on kids under 6 recently, and it made a big stink in the papers. Most commenters were for it, but I got a hoot out of some of the reader comments below the article. Along the lines of:
* it's not fair, we can't help if our one-year-old cries in a restaurant
* it's not fair, we can't help if our three-year-old has a tantrum

but that's exactly the point. As parents often can't control their kids, owners should be permitted to keep them out, and not subject the rest of their guests to them.

[Greekfreak]

I think it's more of a growing phenomenon where you get arsehole parents who think the very presence of their youngsters is required at every function, every place they go. When we were younger, our parents only took us shopping for clothes and that was it. In Korea it's like a big outing, and at Costco or Homeplus it becomes a big obstacle course. Very few parents have the brains to take their little cabbages outside when they're being unruly or whatever.

They also get very pi$$y when you say you don't have kids and don't want any because they can't understand why not. Sure, I love kids. I love sharks too, I don't have any of them.

[jvalmer]

[Perceptioncheck]

I think it's a brilliant idea. I love kids, but I don't love listening to them throw tantrums when I'm trying to have a nice dinner or watch a movie.

I used to work in a fancy restaurant, and usually the parents that thought it was acceptable to bring their offspring in were the ones who couldn't control them.

In my experience though, Korean kids are - generally speaking - much quieter than their western counterparts in public spaces, such as subways or restaurants.

[Captain Corea]

For me, it's not about kids, but rather how some kids behave.

If my kid starts acting up in a restaurant, supermarket, whatever, I'll either quickly put a stop to their shenanigans, or we'll be walking out the door.

Parents need to stop saying 'it's just how kids are'.

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