When my kids were young they were taught early on how to act in restaurants. Neither I nor my wife would tolerate outbursts, crying, etc. If crying started, which I know it is inevitable sometimes with small children, one of us would take them outside or away from other diners. The last thing my kids wanted to hear from my wife was "Come on, we're going to the bathroom". That meant she was going to tear that butt up as she wouldn't spank one of them in public. We just thought that the courteous thing to do was to take them away so they wouldn't disrupt others.

Sadly, not all parents felt the way we did. They ignored their screaming kids much to the dismay of other diners.

At some point I realized that restaurants were seating all the families with young kids in the same areas. I understood why they did this but I really despised it. There was nothing harder than trying to teach your children good behavior in a restaurant when bad behavior by other kids all around us was ignored by the parents.