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Thought this story would interest many of you, since we've discussed similar

stories here at IPADD several times. I think the story comes from " Shine " ? and

I couldn't get that info to copy. I heard about this a day or so ago......this

really is something!

Marie

In the latest burst of anti-kids-in-public news, a North Carolina restaurant is

making headlines with signage that does not quibble. " Screaming Children Will

NOT Be Tolerated! " read signs at the the Olde Salty restaurant in Carolina

Beach, N.C. And while some parents have expressed concern that they are

singling out disabled kids, most patrons have responded well.

Armes, the restaurant's owner, told the local NBC affiliate, WECT, the

clearly stated message has been good for business. " It has brought in more

customers than it has ever kept away, " she said.

It's one more line in the sand(box) by adults who believe tolerance of cranky,

crying, noisy (or quiet-breastfeeding) kids has a definite limit when they are

around on a plane, in a restaurant, in a bar.

In Brooklyn, N.Y., the bar Union Hall took a lot of heat from parents/customers

when it attempted to ban strollers. But the Double Windsor bar near Park Slope

still followed up with a decision to ban babies after 5 p.m. As New York

Magazine's Daily Intel reported, they did so with humor in signs that read, in

part, that though the establishment is quite sure their customers' babies were

" really mature for their age, " they are just not old enough to legally drink

alcohol. One " BAN KIDS FROM RESTAURANTS! " Facebook group has sprung up with 162

members. Even attendees of the Coconut Grove Arts Festival, it seems, had

negative opinions about all of the strollers with kids in them at the Miami

event.

Up in the skies, a recent poll by Skyscanner, a fare-comparison website, found

that almost 60 percent of travelers would love it if airlines demarcated a

families-with-children section on airplanes, meaning they would love to sit in

child-free zones. And, nearly 20 percent of travelers said they would rather fly

on completely child-free flights, period.

All of which begs the questions: Are people becoming more intolerant of kids,

noisy or not, in public places? Or are more parents who bring their kids with

them everywhere tuned out to how their sometimes noisy offspring may be

affecting those around them?