I do think you're being a little cranky. And you have zero rep power, so you're "I'll give rep to Jeremy and stick my nose up to everyone else" means absolutely nothing, because you're not giving him anything. Everyone can have an opinion on this. Yours is NOT the only correct one.
Here is my stance on things. I don't agree with people taking their kids to work with them while they're being paid to do work. I do think that kids can be annoying. I get annoyed by kids all the time. Really, I'm not a kid person. I only like my own kid and kids who are close to me for the most part. Just being honest. I get annoyed by my customers' kids all the time at work. We are not allowed to bring our kids to work however, we're not getting paid to chase our kids around all day. That doesn't make much sense to me. But I don't work an office job, so I really don't know. What I'm trying to say is that no, I don't think employees should bring their kids to work any time they like (outside of bring your kids to work day etc). That's just my opinion. Some people might like to have kids around at work, and that's fine with me.
As for your clients, that's none of your business and its not your place to judge them for bringing in their kids. I personally would rather not bring my two year old to an office where I'd be filling out paper work, but I don't always have a sitter at every beck and call so sometimes I HAVE to bring him to things I don't want to because I HAVE to do them. And customers have their kids at my job all the time, and yes sometimes they annoy me but being employed in the area of CUSTOMER SERVICE, it is my JOB to understand that some customers have kids and it is my JOB to put up with them and be understanding of their presence. I'm getting paid to do that. So are you. Yeah, it would make sense not to bring a child to maybe this particular event, but you have no idea why they have them there. They probably don't have anywhere to put them otherwise. I doubt they enjoy chasing their kids around while at the same time as trying to pay attention to you guys and filling out paper work. I'm sure that's EXACTLY why they brought them there. Just to annoy you.
