Contrasting English and French attitudes to children in restaurants | Letters

Eating in restaurants with young children is often a pain in the neck in the UK for precisely the reasons that Stuart Heritage lists as strategies for coping (10 rules for eating in restaurants with young children, Family, 21 May). In France it is a joy to see how small children behave, eat and are treated in many restaurants. They order what they want from the same menu as everybody else, they are keen to try new dishes, and they wait politely and quietly while the food is cooked.

Related: 10 rules for eating in restaurants with young children