{"id":25090,"date":"2025-01-27T17:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=25090"},"modified":"2025-01-27T17:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:02:37","slug":"angry-parents-claimed-a-restaurant-added-a-50-fine-to-their-bill-for-poor-parenting-but-now-the-owner-is-setting-the-record-straight-%f0%9f%98%b1-read-more-belo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=25090","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAngry parents claimed a restaurant added a $50 fine to their bill for \u2018poor parenting\u2019\u2026 but now the owner is setting the record straight! \ud83d\ude31 **Read more below** \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dining out with kids can be challenging for parents and disruptive for others. A North Georgia restaurant, Toccoa Riverside Restaurant, has ignited controversy by allegedly fining parents for their children\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n<p>A Reddit user claimed they were charged $50 for their kids\u2019 conduct. However, restaurant owner Tim Richter clarified that while a surcharge was introduced during COVID-19, it had not been enforced recently. He admitted warning one family whose nine children were running around but ultimately didn\u2019t apply the fee.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions were mixed. Some, like Laura Spillman, called the idea \u201ccrazy,\u201d while others, like Anne Cox, saw potential in encouraging better behavior. Federico Gambineri, dining with a toddler, expressed concerns about the fairness of such a policy, while regular customer Jack Schneider believed parents should take responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>The debate highlights differing views on balancing family dining with respect for others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dining out with kids can be challenging for parents and disruptive for others. A North Georgia restaurant, Toccoa Riverside Restaurant, has ignited controversy by allegedly fining parents for their children\u2019s behavior. A Reddit user claimed they were charged $50 for their kids\u2019 conduct. However, restaurant owner Tim Richter clarified that while a surcharge was introduced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25092,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25090\/revisions\/25092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}