A restaurant in Binz, on the island of Rügen on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, recently reignited this debate by barring children under the age of 14 from the restaurant after 5 pm. [...]
Markl has owned the restaurant for 11 years, and he says the behavior of children diners has been getting worse from one year to the next. He puts the blame on parents, saying they don’t care how their kids behave in the restaurant, and get upset when asked to control children who are creating a disturbance. The ban went into effect on August 13. [...]
It’s not the first time a restaurant or café has provoked a fiery debate in Germany by banning children. Back in 2012, a hip coffee roaster in Berlin’s “no children” policy caused mass consternation.
Child-free areas in public places are not as unusual as they once were. Restaurants in many countries are saying no to kids, sometimes citing legal or safety concerns. Resorts like Sandals have never allowed them, and many airlines create child-free zones or even ban babies from first class.
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