Children in restaurants

amus

It amazes me how much other people seem to care what other people are doing.

When I go out I hardly ever notice what is going on with other people and their families (unless it directly affects me in some way), Im too busy getting along with my own life!

Why on Earth are these people concerning themselves with what your child is eating? I would stay well away.

Some kids like fish fingers, some kids like beans, some kids like lobster. If everybody is paying for their own child, who cares!!

balletshoes

GobbledyGook wrote: »

When you take your children out for dinner do you insist they eat from the children's menu?

I have inadvertently caused a stir amongst some new people from the toddler group. We all went for lunch last week and those of us with older children off school took them too.

It turns out allowing my daughter to have a starter from the main menu as her main meal is 'pandering' to her :rotfl:

I don't think I'm going to last long at this group, which is a shame as it is really local to my house.

Edited to add my daughter is 9.

:rotfl::rotfl:isn't it amazing what some people comment on uninvited, and think you will obviously change your ways after being told you're parenting incorrectly?

I clearly pander to my DD too then, I'd be shunned from the group forthwith!

[Deleted User]

"You let your wife choose her own food? You shouldn't pander to her wishes!"

Children are people too, with their own wants and desires. Why not let them pick the food they want?

Mr_Toad

GobbledyGook wrote: »

Charlie23 - she was the eldest, but not by much. There were 2 7 year olds and a few 5/6 year olds.

It wasn't a massive portion either because it was a starter. Quite comparable to the children's menu main meal portion. It's not like she scoffed down or wasted a huge plate of food.

I think the answer is that some or all of the other parents have told their children that they have to order from the children's menu, for whatever reason.

Along comes you and, quite rightly allows your daughter to choose from the adult menu. They probably fear a backlash of "well <insert daughter's name> was allowed last time"

balletshoes

joannaspanner wrote: »

You should have let her choose from the wine list

:rotfl::rotfl:

grannybroon

Congratulations on a child who is able to choose what she wants from a menu. Risotto sounds good to me. I often have a starter and sweet as main courses can be too large and puts me off eating.

When my youngest grandson was about 18 months old we went for a pub meal and his favourite (haggis!) was on the menu as a main meal. Waitress went off to kitchen, chef dished up a 'child's' portion commenting it was good to see a child with a mature attitude to food! Youngest grandson polished if off and all children were rewarded by the waitress with free icecreams for eating so well and behaving.

Ditch your friends. If that is all they can gossip about, not worth knowing to be honest.

azzabazza

Ditch these folk - friends they ain't!

Well done to your daughter for choosing what she wanted from the menu and well done to you for bringing her up to have such a sensible attitude to choosing her own food. Better she chooses and eats her choice than muck about with food she doesn't really want to eat.


Our local pub serves gigantic main courses so my preferred choice when eating there is usually a starter, sweet and a few chips from DH's plate in between!

Not going to pontificate about junk food vs 'healthy' food. I gave my kids so called junk food from time to time but also what could be classed as healthy food most of the time. So long as there is a balance!

thegirlintheattic

Considering most children's menus are along the lines of chicken shapes and chips - well done to you and your DD. Ignore these people.

Cat501

Ugh, what a weird, nasty bunch of people.:eek:

I'd be sorely tempted to add them all on FB and post the following on their walls:

Hi. Get a ******* life. Bye.

This might explain why I never fitted in with the toddler group/playground crowd. :D

*mature head on* - ignore them and steer well clear!!

missprice

I have a really lovely restaurant in my local town that does children's food size portions on the adults menu.
its only maybe a quid or £2 less but its worth it
and if I am not very hungry (rare) I order starter and pudding or just a main and share pudding.
some places are better than others doing this.
but !!!!!! who would say something about whay your kids eat?
so sad:)