Parents Spend Money at Eateries with Child Amenities

Not long back, the New York Times ran a story about a guy who shows up at a Hooters in Manhattan and asks the hostess if they have a diaper-changing table in the men's room. As you might expect, the national chain restaurant did not.

Surprisingly, Hooters, known for its scantily clad female

The man, Greg Allen, was actually doing research for his blog, daddytypes.com, which is a weblog for new dads. He was compiling a list of public men's rooms in New York City with changing tables. At the time the story was written, he had found 32.

Four years ago, New York City failed to pass a bill that would have required all new or renovated public bathrooms (for both genders) to have changing tables. That helps explain why Allen could find so few restrooms suitably equipped. In San Francisco and Miami-Dade County, however, laws are on the books that require such actions be taken.