Originally Posted by Athena53

My general rule with my son was that you don't put kids into situations where it's impossible (given their level of maturity) to behave reasonably. That's why you don't take 3-year olds to the opera, for example. We never had the opportunity to use a hotel lounge, but if he couldn't sit still I would have picked up my coffee and taken a walk around the lounge with him. And if he wouldn't stay quiet, we'd be outta there. He learned quickly, and was generally well-behaved when he had to be.

One of my favorite hotel lounge memories was the Cardiff Hilton, right across the street from the castle with a magnificent view. Although the staff worked hard to keep it tidy, there were usualy small fingerprints at kid level on the windows facing the castle. I thought it was cute.