welcome back. diners in chicago got an extra serving of whine, as in a whining baby. a couple showed up with their 8-month-old child on saturday. the high-end ettery, the chef who runs the place was not happy. and is asking on twitter if babies should be banned from his restaurant. he also posted this photo with the caption, definitely not baby food. no high chairs, either. it has a lot of people talking, reminds us from the scene friends with kids. it s great we re all here. can you believe this? $100 a plate and they re bringing in toddlers? are they even allowed in here? people, it s manhattan. we re here to live the dream. live the kiddies at home.
parenting partnerships. take a look. why don t we just do it? what? reporter: friends with kids. it s not just a stuff of hollywood movies. we really want to have a kid. share all the responsibility and just skip over the whole marriage thing. look what i have. your new cup. reporter: call it the modern modern family. . you say you broke all the rules. we did. bye-bye. reporter: they were co-workers before they were co-parents. you were her superior? i was. but we weren t we weren t messing around. yeah. so we weren t breaking every rule. not that. reporter: heidi and david friends for 20 years joked in college if neither had a child by 36, they d have one together. i wanted a partner in parenting. so i circled back to david and i said, i m ready. i all systems are go on my side and i would like to do this
done the same and but it s time that new york again becomes the leader, takes it a step forward. we have learned a lot. been prosecutions since then. we need toimprove the law and be the leader so that other states that this is happening, where this is happening, they also take the initiative an they improve their laws, as well. amy paulin, thanks. brianna, as well. thank you for sharing your point of view on this. thank you. thank you. to learn more about cnn s freedom project and what you can do, check out the website cnn.com/freedom. you can also get more information on the facebook page there. all right. they aren t married. they aren t in love. but they wanted to be parents together. friends with kids. we ll look at a new type of modern family.
someone who is a good friend? it is a new twist on the modern family as more and more friends raise kids together. you have to see this. this is a report from poppy harlow. why don t we just do it? reporter: friends with kids. it is not just the stuff of hollywood movies. you want to have a kid. share all the responsibility and just skip over the whole marriage thing. look what i have? your new cup. reporter: call it the modern modern family. you say you broke all the rules. we did. bye-bye. reporter: dave and evelyn were co-workers before co-parents. you were her superior. i was. but we weren t we weren t messing around. so we weren t breaking every rule. reporter: heidi and david, friends for 20 years, joked in college if neither had a child by 36, they would have one together. i wanted a partner in
i m wondering, you know, could that factor into a child not seeing that kind of affection among parents? does that even matter? i don t think that matters. when the children are old enough and you start to talk to them about all things romantic and sexual, you can define the relationship that you are having with your co-parenting partner. what about, this is something somebody just tweeted me what happens, i m reading your tweet what happens when they start dating other people? there are husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, coming into this co-parenting mix? as we all know, families come in all shapes and sizes these days. and i think children can handle a lot. they re very resilient. as long as things are defined for them, boundaries are clear, they know who is setting the rules, and who to go to for various things, i think these things can be explained to kids. clarity is the most important thing here. friends with kids.