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I would rather sit next to a well-mannered family than by a group of others that have forgotten their manners or thought that they were the entertainment for all of those around them. I dislike noisy restaurants — no matter who is noisy — and it is usually people in their teens on up, not the younger children." — LeAnn Rushton

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"My favorite story is my husband's Carl's Jr. episode. He stopped to eat at the Carl's Jr. in Centerville, and there were four or five families with small children in the restaurant at the time. Four of the five families were allowing their children to play tag along the backs of the empty booths of the restaurant — yes, they were running on the booths and tables — and one poor family with three children sat quietly in a corner and looked with horrified expressions at the children playing tag. My husband was just happy there was at least one family in the restaurant who had taught their children manners. Then the well-mannered family stood up to clear their food and walked past my husband, conversing quietly in German. The one family in the restaurant who didn't let their kids act like wild people wasn't even from Utah!" — Shelly Strahan