You’ve just ordered. The drinks have arrived, the food is at least twenty minutes away, and your four-year-old has already slid entirely under the table to inspect the waiter’s shoelaces. Your toddler is banging a spoon like a manic drummer, and you can feel the collective gaze of the surrounding diners shifting toward you. We’ve all been there. It is the exact moment restaurant dining with children threatens to unravel. The temptation to hand over a smartphone is real, but d