Why? Not everyone likes to have vacation with noisy kids around. Or be in a restaurant with annoying children.
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Interesting. Culturally, France seems like the most child-hostile country in western Europe. I wonder if this is them trying to make children more acceptable in public. Good luck France! You'll have to get over yourself first. Can't take yourself too seriously when children are in the mix.
I have kids. I unterstand everyone who wants a no kids holiday. Especially if you don't have any.
So creating quiet places for relaxation is not allowed anymore? Because a child "shouts, laughs and moves" and that's just how children are, no need to try and teach it to be quiet in certain spaces. But you are also not allowed to exclude them. These childfree places mostly exist because too many parents think children need to be loud and disruptiv everywhere they go and they can't possibly teach them to be quiet for an hour or two.
This is actually a kinda solved problem.
Visit a casino resort. I did it once, looking for a hotel, didn't realize it was a casino. But no children anywhere near.
Just quiet and calm atmosphere.
the point is probably that lots of places dont allow children which incentivizes people to not have children, and the government would prefer people to have more children
Is that so in France? I've only ever been there on holiday but I can't imagine that "lots of places don't allow children". Museums were full of kids and you could see many in restaurants. As long as they are behaving I don't think they are excluded much except for some hotels, spas or saunas. It's ok to have some "adult-only spaces" just like there are kid-spaces like playgrounds, children's museums etc. But I don't have kids in France so I don't know how many kid-free zones there are. I just noticed a lot of museums having tours or areas for kids.
I suggest the legislature double as a pre-school, then, and see how they like it.
"The absence of children is a luxury, that's why we're making it illegal for regular people!"
Either it's a luxury and I should be allowed to pay for it, or it's as illegal as weed and it's getting banned.
Problem with their stance is that most people with common sense will realise that bringing roudy children along is the real luxury. But it's hard as Commissioner for Childhood in a country with low birth rates to tell people to do their damned parenting job.
The wording is bad. But here, we're talking about banning the ban, ie. it's the children who are banned. In principle, I don't mind banning the ban, this feels like discrimination against the children and people with children. But I have children, so I'm biased that way. Of course, uncivilized behavior should not be tolerated, be it children or adults.
I'm aware of the wording.
Thing is, as the commissioner said themselves, kids are gonna make noise. And I'm perfectly fine with that, as part of their growing up. But peace & quiet is a fundamental right, that's why I'm not allowed to play the drums at 3 AM. And sometimes, just for a week of two of holiday, I wouldn't mind it all day long. In fact, I kinda need to zone out of the real world for a bit once in a while, and that's a luxury I'm willing to pay for.
But you can't call quiet environments a luxury and then ban providing it. Drinking alcohol is also a luxury. You can't expect to do it everywhere, but you certainly can ban kids from entering an area where alcohol is expected to be served. And if you're going to a theme park, don't expect either luxury, because that's a place where children are prioritised.
Only thing I'ld argue is that if you're banning kids due to noise, you gotta ban all noise.
But I have children, so I’m biased that way.
That was your choice. People should be able to go places and not have to hang out with your kids.
Now, why would you make it personal. Why my kids? I wouldn't want my kids to hang near a person like you (I actually don't care, but just so you know that it hurts when people say it like that). My point is, this is not a simple question to discuss and the least it needs is dragging it to a personal level. A more important question is should this even be regulated? And where do you draw the line? Like, I don't think it's a good idea to allow children in unsafe places and in places that exposes them to nudity or explicit content, but I would also very much object if I wasn't allowed to a certain restaurant with a kid, but the pets are allowed. Where is the line? Certain age? Certain gender? Skin color? Pet? At which point is it discrimination? In the end, this comes out as a sort of positive discrimination to make people with children feel less alienated and unwelcome. As a guy with kids, I can tell you I've felt that way too many times. I would certainly not want to ruin anyone's good time and in fact - my kids behave in that way. I don't like being disallowed to take my kids anywhere, though I'm certainly not going to take them to places I don't feel they belong. Children should be allowed in more places, but children should not be allowed to behave any different than any normal adult - if you make noise, you're out, just like a drunk obnoxious guest, for example. Unfortunately, it's a similar situation like with people with pets. People who are the least responsible are the first to take their pets/children where they should not go. It's the parents who are a problem, not children. Not pets.
She said: “A child shouts, laughs and moves … we are institutionalising the idea that silence is a luxury and the absence of children is a luxury.”
While it is nice not to be around screaming children, I’ve never thought of it as a luxury. Even “luxury” seats on airplanes can’t promise to be child free. Children aren’t a protected class as far as I know so there should be no problem with private businesses that want to exclude them.
I have no kids but I love kids and I like being around kids sometimes but, sometimes I like it when they aren’t around. I did a camping trip last week and one of my friends left early because a family showed up to their site after dark and the parents let the kids run around and scream even after we explained that it was after quiet hours. She couldn’t take it any more and left in the middle of the night.
So in my opinion, there need to be places that are child free or at least days and times when kids aren’t allowed. Many of my local museums offer 21 and over evenings where they serve alcohol and you can enjoy the exhibits without children around and it’s a very nice compromise.
I agree with you. However, i have kids and I agree that silence is a kind of luxury i would be willing to pay for.
WHERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO FUCK.
Thank god for low birth rates (and school days).
Wouldn't this also include gay and/or nudist resorts? Are those a thing in France?
What about night clubs or pubs? This could get interesting.
A lot of nudist resorts already allow children.
They are. At least according to the French erotica I've seen.
Pardon moi, there definitely should be no kids zones.
I don't see the problem. We have women only places too.
As if I needed more reasons not to go to France.