My husband has growing concern that our 9 year old (almost 10) is not acting appropriately at restaurants. He tries to make others at the table laugh by putting salt and pepper in his drink. Last night while out to dinner, he poured cheese on his mussels. He made an inappropriate joke about smelly people and removed himself several times from the table to go look at a poker machine that the restaurant had. I guess my question is that at the almost age of 10, should he be more polished, more gentleman-like at a restaurant? By this age, should his maturity level be higher than where it is? Or, are we we expecting too much?
My husband and I differ in our view on this subject and I wanted to get a professional prospective as to what is appropriate for his age.