Geez, dude!

How I interact with a child has a lot of determining factors. I dont really have any young children I see regularly, so most kids I see are with their families in the the restaurant where I work.

If the child is small, 5 or younger, and is well behaved, I tend to tone it down a lot, especially when I'm working. I'll give a 'Hey Cutie, how are you?' and go along with their stories while they babble about this and that.

Older, well-behaved kids are treated like mini-adults. I ask them (not their parents) what they would like off the menu, and get rather disappointed if their parents change it on them.

Kids that behave badly...? Well, I just dont have the patience for them. I've resisted calling many kids a 'little shit', and simply ignore them, or eye their parents until they get the idea and shut the kid up. To me, screaming babies are considered the best birth control EVER. I'm not currently a fan of the idea of having children... as it is, the only reason I believe I can tolerate them is because I know that I can always just send them back to their parents.

Jam it back in, in the dark.