I'm sick of it. I went out to dinner last night, at a not-inexpensive restaurant. I understand that children exist, and that they will be some places. Alright, DC, calm down. We feel your pain.
Louder restaurants draw lots of families, so try smaller restaurants, later dinners.
For movies, try more theaters downtown and again, maybe a later movie. Few of us understand bringing tots to R rated movies, so we do sympathize. In defense of parents, there are lots of children who are well-behaved at museums, etc. Feb. 27, in fact. We found out this week.