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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Do You Bring Food From Elsewhere For Your Kids to a Restaurant?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DO YOU HAVE A PICKY EATER?
Photo: Phil Skinner/AJC
A colleague had a question for me, and didn’t mind me sharing it on the blog.
Her dilemma is that her son is a very picky eater (he’s under 10). She and her husband have been enjoying dining at a neighborhood restaurant, and in the past they’ve asked if it was okay with management to bring in Wendy’s (or something else) for their son, since he’s too picky to eat from the restaurant’s menu.
And the management said they didn’t have a problem with that. But now her husband is uncomfortable with it — and she wanted to know what I thought. My thoughts are that if the management doesn’t have an issue, it’s really their call at this point, though I’d encourage my daughter to choose something from the menu that the kitchen might alter to her taste — like buttered noodles, etc., rather than catering to her pickiness.
What do you think? Is it okay to bring in food from elsewhere for dining with your children? Is there an age cut-off here for what’s tolerable and what isn’t? I think so. What do you think?
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