"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>
> I certainly admire that sentiment, but I have to ask, if you were part way
> through the main course and into a bottle of wine and the kids started
> acting up
> would you really get up and leave? I have seen to many parents allow
> their kids
> to run around in restaurants.

I would and I have. You find the problem, fix it, and return. Can't fix
it? Then you leave. Kids can be a problem, get sick, etc., but it is my
problem, not everyone in hearing distance.