Originally Posted by
BearX220
The growing rage against children in our culture is misplaced; they are mostly well-behaved, though everyone remembers a few hellions. The biggest behavioral lapses I have seen in hotel lounges (and restaurants, and first-class air cabins, and airline clubs) are committed by rude, drunken, or boorish adults. I would rather sit on a plane next to a well-behaved youngster than a cretinous DYKWIA or booze-addled adult. Ban them instead.
Couldn't agree more. I spend a lot of time in hotel lounges every year and honestly I can't remember the last time I got disturbed by a kid. However, I can think of several times, just within the last couple of months, where loud and rude adults have taken over lounges.
Obviously this has a lot to do with where you are in life. When you got small kids at home (like I do) you are in general more tolerant for the noise they make and might not notice them in the same way as others do. When that is said; I have brought my kids to numerous hotel lounges around the world, from they where only a few months old. I for sure can say that my kids are average when it comes to behavior, they are kids after all, but I have newer had any problems in any lounge. On the contrary, many places the small, blond devils attract quite a bit of positive attention from the staff and other guests. However, as others are commenting here as well, if they do not behave we leave the lounge right away.