No screens, no screams: Here’s how modern moms are ‘restaurant training’ their kids to crush their zombie tablet behavior
NY Post
When it comes to NYC dining, mom Jamie Boxer doesn’t kid around.
The Brooklynite is one in the expanding pack of parents proudly “restaurant training” their tykes to eat, drink, be merry and behave in public spaces — strictly sans digital distractions or temper tantrums.
“I love New York City dining. We have some of the best food in the world, and I want my kids to join me in that love,” Boxer, 36, of Williamsburg, told The Post.
“If kids learn how to enjoy an outing without screens at early ages, they’ll know how to talk and connect in-person as they get older,” explained Boxer, a speech pathologist and co-content creator of @Table4Tots, a review of Gotham’s kid-friendly grub hubs. “That’s the whole point of going out to eat.”
The millennial connoisseur of choice chow, a married mom of two under age 6, often brings her brood along when patronizing local hotspots like Lilia, or the swank Eataly eateries.
And far past city limits, other foodie mothers and fathers of Beta babies, Alphas and even younger Gen Zers are eating up the restaurant training trend, too.
