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4 comments:
I'm all for encouraging your kids to eat more than just chicken fingers, but I think the article places too much blame on the restaurants and too little blame on the stupid parents who don't realize that it's their job to decide what their kids eat. If you don't want your kids eating chicken fingers, don't order it for them. If you don't care what your kids eat, as long as they eat and leave you in peace to eat your meal, hurray for restaurants that provide whatever it is that kids like to eat these days.
I agree with you in part. I think the biggest argument against restaurants is the one that the author misses. It's very hard for dining consumers to justify a $20 entree for a 4 year old when there's a $7 kids menu item, especially when you know that most of that entree will go to waste. Where I think there could be real gain is if more restaurants offered half-portions. I went through a similar experience a few weeks ago when I went to a sushi restaurant; 15 euros for a plate of teriyaki wings for the Captain was a bit hard to swallow. It dawned on me that I could have paid for a babysitter for two hours and had a pleasant lunch without him! That doesn't sound too good for a restaurant's bottom line, does it? So when that fine line between leaving the Captain home or taking him out and buying an affordable meal ultimately leads me down the path of fried chicken fingers, yes I blame the restaurants for not offering lower priced healthy meals. Of course, all of which victimizes lower class diners and their children, but that's an article for another time ;-)
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Good point. My fave place has a $5 appetizer that the kid loves, and includes veg. Definitely beats the price of a babysitter.
How are you going to handle this during the roadtrip? What about sharing? Can you just get a main dish and share a little with the Cpt?
Normally we get two entrees and a salad or appetizer or something and just portion out for him. Naturally the biggest irritation is not getting spicy food, but come on, we're in Spain...it's seafood or rice, Captain Kiddo.
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