Bringing kids out to eat

Before I began to work in the restaurant business I never realized how crazy kids can be. I used to go out to eat with my family all the time when I was a kid. As far as I can remember I was not one of the crazy kids who went running around the restaurant yelling, crying and screaming. I also did not leave all my food on the floor by the end of the meal. When I got my first job as a hostess at Iguana Mia I never understood why some servers did not want me to seat kids in their section. Now that I am a server, I completely understand. Some kids are great, I love watching young kids order their own food, say please and thank you, and be very polite to me. Then there are the other kids who throw their food on the floor, cry, run around the room, spill drinks and yell at me and their parents the entire time. Don't get me wrong, I love kids, it is just really hard when they are so poorly behaved. I then look at the parents and wonder why they are not making more of an attempt to keep their kids under control. My advice to all parents is to keep your kids at the table and try your best to get the meal in their mouth and not on the floor. My world will be a much happier place if all little kids could be perfect angles when eating out!