Table manners for restaurants

BECAUSE you have young children doesn’t mean eating out has to be confined to fast food restaurants.

Bring them to regular restaurants — just choose carefully, says psychologist, Niamh Hannan, of www.helpme2parent.ie, who, the day we chatted, had lunch out with her three-year-old and 20-month-old.

“We had a nice time, though we just had one course,” says Hannan, who warns against bringing kids to eateries where tables are close and couples are in for cosy meals.