NEWSFLASH!!!
1. Show the article
“Bringing the kid to the bar – really?”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/babyapartheid-should-kids-be-banned-from-publicplaces/article4573192/
2. Reference the article
-Globe and Mail
-Zosia Bielski
-published Sept 27, 2012
-accessed Oct 4, 2012
- “Bringing the kid to the bar – really?”
Reference:
Bielski, Z. (2012, September 27). “Bringing the kid to
the bar – really?”. Globe and Mail . Retrieved from
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/bab
y-apartheid-should-kids-be-banned-from-publicplaces/article4573192/
Citation: (Bielski, 2012)
3. Summary of article
Air Asia just recently introduced “QUIET
ZONES” on their flights exclusively for
guests age 12 and above - within
economy section of plane
which pushes children and their parents to
the rear of the plane (by the lavatories) on
all flights as of next February.
This was just the latest example of a
growing debate about how people are
raising their children.
Many people say parents are too relaxed
and let their children come everywhere
they go
Summary …
They feel children are not meant for certain public places
(e.g. Fancy restaurants, theaters, etc.) but now it is
extending to where they are being forced to sit on an
airplane
Other examples cited in the article:
Earlier this month, a Brooklyn beer garden banned kids
from the premises after 4 p.m.
“Screaming Children Will NOT Be Tolerated!” read a
notice at another juvenile-weary restaurant in North
Carolina.
A Florida beach restaurant posted a sign joking that:
“Unruly children will be cooked and eaten,” (at Peg
Leg Pete’s Oyster Bar).
2010 poll from Skyscanner, a fare-comparison website,
found that: 60% of travellers wanted family-only sections;
20% wanted completely child-free flights
4. Unit of HHS / topics covered
Unit 4 – Parent Child Relationships
Debate of different parenting styles –
Are we too permissive today with
children? Are they being spoiled?
5. Arguments/ Issues raised
ONE SIDE: The parents who bring their children
everywhere):
It’s currently a ‘child-centric’ culture. Parents spend more
time with their kids and less time as couples or with adults.
“We are less likely to get a sitter and go out, but we still want to
go out. So we bring the kids.”
Many parents are both working so they don’t have much time
with their kids during the average day. The time they do
have with them, they want to spend with them, not getting a
babysitter and going out.
“In the realm of the affluent, working parent … if you’re away all
day and you don’t have as much time with your child as wish
you did, then you want to incorporate them into the rest of your
life,” said Ann Hulbert, author of Raising America: Experts,
Parents, and a Century of Advice About Children.
Psychology Professor argued that some parents are blindly
accessorizing with their brood:
“They’re a part of them: ‘Look at me, I can be hip and have a
kid, I can have it all. If my kid bothers you, that’s your problem.”
Arguments/ Issues raised
The OTHER SIDE (People who don’t want to see
children in all public places):
Parenting style conflict:
“There are parents who just let their kids get away with murder and
then everybody hates them. That, I think most people agree, is
reprehensible,”
Some people think the permissive parenting style has gone too far and
parents need to take more responsibility for their kids
The need for peaceful/ adult spaces
“There are parents who say, ‘Look, I got a babysitter, and so what I
want is not to be around kids for two hours. Can we manage that?’”
“Those who used to hang out in the trendy bars and restaurants as
singles still want that experience as parents …but then they get upset
when a patron drops the f-bomb in conversations at the bar”
“A big part of it is, why would you submit your child to that? They’d be
disruptive and they’re really not at an age where they can participate.”
6. Who does this impact /effect /
benefit?
Parents - to help them develop the style of
parenting they agree with
Couples who are childless – to understand
the decisions parents sometimes have to
make
Human rights – potentially is discriminating
based on age. You can’t “prefer” one
customer over another. You wouldn’t post
a sign saying: “You are not welcome if you
are over 65, etc.) If you are a paying
customer you should be allowed in.
7. Questions for Discussion:
Should children be allowed to go anywhere
their parents want to?
 Restaurants
 Movie
theatres
 Flights
 Concerts
 Bars
 Mall
Would you have a difficult time as a parent
if your children were not allowed to be in
certain places?
Questions for Discussion….
Flights: if you are paying $ for a seat
on a plane, should you be able to
request to not sit beside a
child/infant?
If yes, how far could that question
go… request not to sit beside people
of diff race, sexual orientation…. Isn’t
it a form of AGEISM???
8. What primary research could
be done to investigate this ….
Survey the general population about views
on parenting in public places – Should
children be allowed to go anywhere/
everywhere?
Survey parents to determine how they view
these issues – Would they bring their
children to fancy restaurants, movies, bars,
air travel? Is it fair to the children (if they
are going to get into trouble, get dirty looks
from other patrons)?
9. Theoretical Perspectives
Developmental Perspective:
Parents are setting their children up to
fail by bringing them to ‘adult places’
where they will be scolded for acting
like children (loud, silly, not sitting
still). People would be expecting
more than they are capable of
(developmental stage).