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Hsiao-Ching Chou

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Hsiao-Ching Chou is a partner at Suzuki + Chou Communimedia, where she serves as a senior consultant in communications. For nearly eight years prior, she was the award-winning food editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. She and her television producer husband live in Seattle with their daughter, who was born in October 2006.

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Kids' Restaurant Week

April 20, 10:29 PM
by Hsiao-Ching Chou, Parenting Examiner
 
 
I have been advocating this in Seattle, where I have the opportunity to work with many top chefs. I applaud Gourmet and Cookie magazines for organizing this event. I once wrote a column about taking my infant daughter to some of the nicer restaurants in town.

It inspired much vitriol from people who believe children should not be present in restaurants that aren't deemed "family-friendly." I said that there are bad restaurant parents and good restaurant parents. I don't believe that a child should be allowed to behave as he or she wishes. There is a protocol when dining out and that must be followed. Also, if a child acts up, then a good restaurant parent will step outside with that child until the situation has calmed down.

I guess what inspired the column was the lack of choices when it comes to restaurants that are willing to accommodate families that also serve the kind of contemporary cuisine that I enjoy eating. I also come from a culture that values having the entire family at the table.

If we don't include our children in a variety of dining situations, then they won't learn how to behave in those different circumstances. They also won't have an understanding of how to appreciate different styles of cuisines and atmospheres. 

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