March 2, 2010
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Taking a Baby to a Bar
I was reading an article about how some people are taking their babies or toddlers to the bar.
The thinking is that it is expensive to get a baby sitter and that parents should be able to pop into a bar and bring their baby along. Apparently some people at the bar object to the babies being there because no one wants them to smoke or curse around their child. Here is the link: Link
Do you think it is appropriate to take a baby to the bar?
Comments (84)
no, just no.
No, especially not at the bars I go to. Baby is likely to get punched.
If you give them a Budweiser it should be called child abuse. Guinness on the other hand . . .
NO!!!
I think I practically grew up being carried and then walked into bars by dad. My sis and I both spent a lot of time being stuck sitting in the car while dad was drinking in the bar.
In a word, we are both quite fucked up.
Umm, here’s a thought. Instead of going to the bar, stay home and be a parent. I’m so radical.
Absolutely not.
Seeing babies around the bar would sorta be a drag.
That just shows how great of parents we having rasing todays kids.
I wouldn’t take my baby to a bar. I never want to be in a state of mind where I can’t properly take care of her, ya know? There was a really chill bar back at home and my neighbor brought his two sons there before, they were three and five. I didn’t really think anything much of that because he didn’t get piss ass drunk while there and he only stayed for a little while to listen to the band play, the kids had fun, but I wouldn’t do it personally.
Obviously if you don’t want people to smoke or cuss around your child then you should know better than to put them in surroundings where you know it will happen.
@trunthepaige - Word, lol.
No.
But if someone takes a baby to a bar, they have no right to tell the other customers how to act. It’d be like taking one’s grandma to a strip club and telling the strippers to keep their clothes on for the occasion.
Haha! I used to go since I was 3 or 4 or so…I’d play pool, sing karaoke and drink shirley temples. Then, my childhood wasn’t what most consider “normal” haha…I would never allow my little ones in places like that, no matter how nice everyone was to me when I was there. Time and place, a child’s innocence should be protected, imo.
Totally, bars should have day cares inside them, like some gyms do. The parents can get all wasted then drive the kiddies home just in time to get them ready for school.The trick is to stay out late enough so that you’re still drunk by that time and not hungover, or the whole plan turns fail.
@WhenFaithandFearCollide - agreed.
It’s ok to have a drink at a restaurant with your kid. But a bar where people are smoking/cursing/getting wasted? No.
Second-hand smoke would be the issue. I suppose if it was non-smoking, and the child was young enough to not be impressionable with regards to the cursing, it might be OK. Of course, you could just avoid all the potential pitfalls by following @WhenFaithandFearCollide‘s advice.
No,just plain no.
What kind of bar? If it’s a restaurant/bar then why not? If you’re going out to get hammered, then no. Just going to sit around and laugh with your friends, sure!
definitely not an appropriate place for babies. don’t you have to be 21 to go in to bars anyway?
I saw some people at a sex shop with their babies. It was awkward.
no, i don’t. my mom has taken me to bars before (and still does) and it just stinks in there. i would never bring a child in.
Didn’t they make fun of this in Sweet Home Alabama (movie not song)? I suppose it would be ok while the sun is out, but not recommended. I take it the joint isn’t packed with shitfaced college kids. What’s wrong with going to a restaurant like TGI Fridays and parkin your kid in a booth while you imbibe? I don’t see why people insist on taking their kids to an OVER 21 ESTABLISHMENT. There are alternatives…
Frankly I’d be too concerned with the little bastards getting hurt, either from a drunken person who has a moment of clumsiness or from a random punch from someone currently in a bar fight. It’s too physically dangerous.
If you can’t afford the sitter, you probably shouldn’t be paying for a night at the bar.
I don’t see anything wrong with taking your baby to the bar. I do however see something wrong with taking your baby to the bar and then trying use the baby as a reason to destroy the bar’s atmosphere. Hell, the atmosphere of the place is one of the reasons for going to a bar.
I dont think its okay to take a baby to a bar. Because if you are going to be going to a bar then you are going to be drinking and then what drive home with your child in the car.so now you are putting not only yourself in danger but the child as well. If they cannt afford a sitter then they shouldnt go out
if you don’t have enough money to get a babysitter…clearly you don’t need to be wasting it at a bar.
Hell yeah.
No, that’s ridiculous. If you need alcohol so bad that you can’t wait to find a babysitter, you probably shouldn’t even have a kid.
Probably not, but I grew up in them. Heh.
I thought you have to be 21 to get into a bar? And if you can’t afford a babysitter, maybe you shouldn’t be at the bar! Sorry, but a bar is the one place you can go and not have to listen to screaming babies, I say keep the babies at home where they belong!
Ah no…not a good idea
Not to an American bar. Across the waves its more acceptable (at least, so I’ve heard) to bring your kids with you.
omg–that was me, the baby. oh, pops, it explains a lot of things. see my latest post
Absolutely not! If you can’t get a babysitter, then go out someplace more “baby appropriate.” Wanna have drink? You can go to Applebees, for goodness sake!
There is so much wrong with that . . .
No.
@WhenFaithandFearCollide - OMG how dare you suggest someone be a responsible parent?! the nerve
As long as the kid buys a round once and a while.
I could see it if you were walking over to a neighborhood pub for a quick drink. In California, smoking is banned at bars.
No that is just wrong (lol funny pic)
I don’t think a baby counts as a wingman…
No way. That’s just wrong. Besides, why would someone take their baby to a BAR and then expect others to have the courtesy to not smoke or curse around their child? If they don’t want that to happen, they shouldn’t even think about taking their kid to a bar. Not that it matters here, where it is now illegal to smoke in public places. Nonetheless, a bar is a very inappropriate place to take a child.
no
you can take a baby to a bar in mexico,, but if your carrying a baby,, they wont serve you alcohol…
or thats the way it used to work,, hahahahaha,, ive never tried it..
Good excuse to not get punched in a bar fight… or a good human shield… either way…
uh, no.
Uh… no. Bars are supposed to be baby free safe havens duh. I couldn’t imagine walking into one of the local establishments to play pool with some buddies and seeing any babies there. That’s ridiculous. Maybe babies should be charged cover fee!
no children should not be allowed in bars, parents should not be bringing them in bars and if they do then CPS should be involved
Not a good idea. All that smoke and shit will get your baby sick.
Use common sense.
Stupid parents.
I think if you take a baby to a bar you shouldn’t object to the smoke or the cursing. For the smoking especially, it would be best to just avoid the situation. Go to the store, by a bottle of booze and take it home.
in most bars in CA you can’t smoke anyway. I don’t care about the baby thing.
Haha, my dad took me to bars when I was 7 & 8.
no it is not.
@trunthepaige - budweiser, yuck. =/
“Train a child in the way he should go at an early age, and when he is old he will not embarress his parents by being a slobbering light-weight.” – Proverbs 22:6, New Irish Republican Version
If they can drink their beer without a straw, it’s okay.
No, it’s not ok! Even if you don’t get sloshed & manage to look after your kids, one of the reasons I enjoy bars is because they’re child-free and I don’t have to put up with someone else’s screaming ankle-biting brats. Keep your kids away from an adult-only zone, please!
Sure. Don’t drive drunk or tipsy, but one drink with a baby at a bar is no different than a drink with dinner with your baby in a restaurant. And who the fuck should care if someone curses around their baby? It’s not like the baby understands.
no. they can buy liquor at the store and drink it at home. there is no reason to take a baby to a bar.
In an actual bar? No. In a restaurant that also has a bar? I see no problem.
when you play pool nmake sure that the baby’s soft spot on the top of his hear is covered.
There are so many things wrong with taking a baby with you to go to a bar so that you can hang out and drink with your buddies that I don’t even know where to start.
If I ran a bar, I would jump on the chance to make new drinks for babies, so parents can spend even MORE money when there. Gerbertinis, anyone?
If it’s a restaurant, I don’t see an issue with having a drink while your baby is there with you. But a regular bar? Hell no. If you can’t pay for a babysitter you have no business spending money at a bar. And really, you can’t expect the people at the bar to cater to you just because you were dumb enough to bring your kid with.
no. to a restaurant, which serves drinks/has a casual bar? yes. but to a full out BAR, no.
isnt there an age limit to be able to go into (most) bars? isnt this age limit here for a reason? a bar is a place to get away, not bring your luggage with you.
omg! think of all the secondhand smoke. Anyone who takes their kid or baby to a bar is just down right stupid.
@tenshii_rage - lol, business opportunities are everywhere!
not at all
I wouldn’t ever take my baby to a bar. But on a semi-related note, I was at Buffalo Wild Wings on Sunday, the day of the USA vs Canada gold medal hockey re-match, and there was a woman with a baby, who was less than a month old. I was like: Really?! Come on. Stay at home & watch the game, it’s crazy up in here. Your baby is going to get smacked in the head, or someone will bump you & you’ll blow a gasket. No one wants that. :/ Ughh.
No! It’s bad for kids!!
Not if they want their children to grow “normal”.
NO!
Wow! this post was a shocker. I live in New York City, and:
1. You may not smoke in any bar. Period.
2. You can curse as much as you like. Most people don’t.
3. You may not bring a child of any age up to the bar. If there are tables,the kid/child may sit with you. But the bar is off limits to anyone under 21. Period.
No, and parents if you have a child that can’t take care of themselves you shouldn’t be at a fucking bar anyways, you need to be home taking care of them like a good parent. Ugh this is revolting to read.
Oh and second, you have to be 19 to even stay in a bar, regardless of if you’re drinking or not. That’s how it is in Canada. Why do the states have to bring up this dramatic shit and have ridiculously bad parents?
The baby isn’t old enough. There are LAWS.
@DirtyAndShaken - Excellent point! Bars are waaaaay too expensive.
Better the bar than the theater.
No. That is not a place for babies or little children.
my sons father and i use to go out alot. when tyler was born, we took him along to include in our down time—these places were restaurants with bars—worked well. now if there was smoking-any public place-i would avoid exposing all babies to that. a
I was raised in a bar! My mom was the assistant manager and head bartender at two different bars when I was little. My mom was a single parent after leaving a abusive relationship with my dad. So many afternoons I would play behind the bar while she did orders and in the evenings I would help stamp hands at the front door, or hang behind the bar listening to the music and making jiffy pop until I knocked out in one of the offices….
and look how I turned out!
No, not at all! I remember being at a bar and I saw this couple come in with a baby (looked like less than a year old) and they went to sit at the bar and they just put the baby under their chair!! They didn’t pay any attention to it the whole time they were there. They were too busy drinking and chatting with the bar tender. I was appalled! Then about an hour later when they were getting ready to leave the mom finally decided to pay attention to her baby and when the bar tender saw her holding it, he was like “Whoa! Where did the baby come from?” and the couple told him it was theirs and the bar tender said he didn’t even know they had a baby. How sad it that?? I was so disgusted by them the whole time. I mean, the baby was just on the floor under their chair! Someone could have kidnapped it!! As I watched them walk out, I remember thinking that I really hope the baby grows up ok and that hopefully the parents aren’t as neglectful at home.
No. Never.
No.
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It’s funny that baby might get used to be sitting at a bar and then when he grows up he will become an alcoholic. I have done that only twice I remember that the bartender suggested me to drink a cocktail called Viagra Online.