Famecrawler
10 Celebrities Who Take Their Young Kids to Restaurants (Photos)
Pink takes baby Willow out to dinner with her.
I think it’s safe to say that most people don’t want their lifestyles to change too much after having kids, although the shift is pretty much inevitable. I remember my husband and I saying that we were still going to travel the world, go on adventures, and eat at fancy restaurants weekly right before our son was born. After he arrived, of course, we realized that going out to eat meant going to “kid-friendly” places, and taking trips meant driving around for an hour or two in the hopes that our son would fall asleep!
Now that our son is five-years old, I’m proud to say that we can take him pretty much anywhere with us, and he is always on his best behavior. I would never bring him to a nice restaurant if I thought he could not behave accordingly. When he was an infant, however, I wouldn’t have dared to bring him to an “adult” restaurant. I was too concerned that my baby would start to cry and ruin the night for other diners who were trying to enjoy their evening.
Celebrity parents, on the other hand, don’t seem to be slowed down one bit by their kids. They are often seen traveling with very young children, and taking them out to eat at restaurants on a regular basis.
Just this week, Pink and Carey Hart brought their newborn daughter, Willow, to dinner at Madeo, which is definitely not a shabby place for a meal. I’m guessing that little Willow was asleep the entire time. I can’t imagine that the other patrons of Madeo would appreciate trying to enjoy their meal with a screaming baby around.
What are your thoughts on the subject? Is taking young kids to nice restaurants appropriate or not?
To see other celebrities who don’t hesitate to take their kids out to eat, take a look at the photos below.
Photos: Pacific Coast News
Go Back To Famecrawler
5 Comments
Erin commented on Jul 17 11 at 1:02 pmI think it depends on the child. While we rarely go out to really nice places, we’ve taken our daughter out to eat with us since she was 3 weeks old and plan to do the same with her little sister once she arrives. If your child can sit at a table and be quietly occupied for the length of the meal, I see no issue taking a child of any age into any restaurant. But if your children (even your normally well-behaved children) are disruptive, then they need to go and you as a parent need to know when to call it quits.
Mel commented on Jul 17 11 at 1:06 pmWe have always taken our children to restaurants but there are some exceptions. Rule of thumb: if you are going a fancy adult restaurant get a babysitter. Sometimes it’s nice dine out w/out the kiddos. You will know when they are ready to join you at those types of places, usually after the age of 5.
We enjoy dining with our kids. It is more work when they are in the toddler stage and want to run free but if you are well prepared it shouldn’t be that big of an issue. If you introduce your children to dining out they will know how to behave as they get older. And as a former waitress I NEVER let my kids run wild in any type of restaurant. It’s a big pet peeve of mine. Parents are completely at fault in that situation. Kids are kids and want to be free but it’s the parents who allow it.
And yes, taking kids to relatively nice restaurants is possible. We do it all the time and our kids are usually complimented for their good behavior. It takes years of “training” but it eventually pays off.
Beth commented on Jul 17 11 at 1:44 pmjeez, we fault our celebrities for having nannies and leaving the children at home, and then we fault them for bringing them with and including them in their lives. can they do anything right?
Ludicrous Mama commented on Jul 17 11 at 2:13 pmIt totally depends on your child, and whether you are willing to bag it and leave if the child is having an off day. My child has done amazingly well at restaurants, since birth. She’s 3 now, and I can count the number of times she was fussy and ruined the dining experience (for US anyway) on 2 fingers. She has never been so loud and fussy that I felt she was ruining things for other diners, but I have taken her outside until she’s calmed down when things got hairy.
The ‘nicest’ restaurant we’ve gone to though, was PF Chang’s, since I’m of the belief that you’re more likely to be successful if you PLAN for success. Taking a toddler to some ultra-fancy restaurant without booster seats and crayons isn’t really a recipe for success. But she can tell which ones are more ‘kid-friendly’ and acts up accordingly. At Red Robin, she’s jumping on the benches. At the fancy Thai place we go to, she sits quietly in her chair playing with my iPhone.
Karina commented on Jul 18 11 at 8:11 amMy husband and I have taken our daughter out to dine in various types of restaurants since she was an infant. She will now be 5 in two months and is quite used to having to sit appropriately without any fuss at a fine restaurant. We always receive many compliments on her outstanding behavior and people are quite amazed and left in disbelief many times. However, we “groomed” her from the very beginning. We made sure to be clear that certain behavior was just unacceptable. It is however, completely up to the child. We have a son who will be three next month and we can’t expect the same behavior from him. There will be a little more struggle involved in trying to settle him down and in those cases you do (depending on the type of restaurant) have to be willing to abort mission and go home. Although both of our children are extremely well behaved in comparison to others. This was something my husband and I wanted to accomplish with our children as we are a family who often enough find ourselves dining out at a nice restaurant and feel that our children should not be excluded from that (unless it’s Mommy and Daddy night) because we chose to have then to be a part of our lives not to be excluded.
Add your take:
Note: Babble is a supportive, diverse community. We encourage a range of opinions,
but any unduly hostile comments will be removed.
Comments are delayed up to 15 minutes
Christopher Rogers 
Shana Aborn 
Joanna Mazewski 
Sunny Chanel 
The Walt Disney Company supports Babble as a platform dedicated to honest, engaged, informed, intelligent and open conversation about parenting. However, the opinions expressed on this site are those of individual parents/writers and do not reflect the views of Disney. In addition, content provided on this site is for entertainment or informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or safety advice.
5