{"id":3834,"date":"2026-02-25T10:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/?p=3834"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:22:16","slug":"couple-says-restaurant-fined-them-for-poor-parenting-the-restaurant-owner-then-reveals-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/?p=3834","title":{"rendered":"Couple says restaurant fined them for \u2018poor parenting\u2019 \u2013 the restaurant owner then reveals the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dining out can be a stressful experience for parents. A lot of times, parents cannot control their kids in public, which makes dining out an unpleasant experience for everyone present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This couple struggled similarly, and they claim to have been \u2018fined\u2019 for it. Keep reading to know more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A restaurant in North Georgia did something no one ever expected: charging patrons a fine for \u2018poor parenting.\u2019 The Toccoa Riverside Restaurant outside of Blue Ridge has sparked a debate online: is it fair to charge parents for badly behaved children?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A customer on Reddit revealed their experience at the restaurant. They wrote, \u201cThe owner came out and told me he was adding $50 to my bill because of my children\u2019s behavior\u2026 disappointed by the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A reporter contacted the restaurant and got their side of the story. The owner, Tim Richter, decided to tell the truth. He said while the restaurant added a surcharge during COVID-19 to cover costs, they did not charge anyone more than their bill recently.<strong>READ MORE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dining out can be a stressful experience for parents. A lot of times, parents cannot control their kids in public, which makes dining out an unpleasant experience for everyone present. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3842,"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834\/revisions\/3842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotfreshnewss.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}