California restaurant charges parents for damage by unruly children
CA restaurant blames parents for disturbing children’s harm
Chez Xue, a Chinese restaurant in Northern California, is gaining viral attention for its policy of fining parents for property damage caused by their disruptive children. This controversial approach has included charging for broken items such as a credit card machine and a carved table top, sparking a heated debate about parental responsibility and restaurant expectations.
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A California small business owner is fed up with out-of-control kids at his restaurant, and now he’s making the parents pay for it.
You You Xue operates two restaurants south of San Francisco. he told The Post. imposed damage fees on certain bills after repeated problems with unruly children disrupting other restaurants.
“My staff and hosts were being forced to parent children on behalf of other parents. It’s not their job,” Xue told The Post. “Parenting has become very relaxed now, and I know if I had acted the way these kids did, I would have taken a big hit.”
The restaurant’s online menu includes a warning under the banner at the top of the page: “Please check on your children.”
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Exterior view of Chez Xue restaurant in California. The restaurant’s owner, You You Xue, said that after repeated problems with children damaging property and disrupting other restaurant customers, some customers began adding damage fees to their bills. (Screenshot/Google Maps)
Some of the prohibited actions include running around, shouting, and making noise with utensils; The menu says “will not be tolerated” in capital letters.
“Guests who fail to comply with this policy may be asked to leave. We will hold parents financially responsible for any damage their children cause to restaurant property,” the report adds.
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The page also lists specific cases where Xue decided to charge parents for their bad behavior. In one case, a child took a credit card machine and dropped it, breaking the screen. The family was charged $327.03. In another example, a child was seen creating designs on a tabletop using kitchen utensils. These parents were charged $109.38 in damages.
The last example listed on the website read: “A customer’s child was playing in the booth seats and smashed a teacup onto the floor, causing it to shatter. We sought compensation from the parent of $5.47.”
Xue said reactions to the rules, which were implemented last year but went viral last month, were generally positive; But some online users think charging for teacups goes too far.
He explained to The Post that parents would not be blamed if an accident occurred, but felt the new policy was necessary after witnessing the deterioration in parenting and behavior of young children.
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“We’re not blaming the kids – I’m proud of the fact that this is a no-frills restaurant where people can come with their whole family,” he said, adding, “This is a reminder to this very small group of parents who aren’t doing their job: please do your job so we can do ours.”
The viral policy also sparked controversy on “Fox & Friends”; host Lawrence Jones argued that a lack of parenting fuels destructive behavior. “That’s pretty simple. That’s not controversial, is it?” Jones said Thursday.
The restaurant’s online menu includes a warning at the top of the page under the heading “Please supervise your children.” (Immorhand/iStock)
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Drawing attention to his own childhood, he said that his parents only had to give him and his siblings a single glance to behave themselves. “My mom and dad handled the discipline very well. And it got to the point where all they had to do was take one look at me. One look at me and my siblings, and we knew how to get in shape,” he said.
“That’s very frowned upon in modern society. So you get kids acting crazy on planes, kids acting crazy in stores, kicking seats. You get them throwing things across the room,” Jones added.
