# Should restaurants get rid of the kids' menu?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 30, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279 "2025-06-30T00:56:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279/42 "2025-06-30T15:34:18Z")

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> [@Procrustus](#):
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> Why force kids to eat something they don’t care for? Many kids don’t like a lot of things (I certainly didn’t when I was young). They grow out of it, or they don’t.

Neurologically, childrens’ taste palettes are also developing from infanthood where they naturally desire things that are sweet and fatty, and many just lack the complexity to appreciate savory, bitter, or complex spiced dishes. Children are also really much more sensitive to the texture and temperature of foods than adults.

I find it somewhat hilarious that this complaint [is coming from the guy who considers White Castle ‘burgers’ to be good food..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-2-000-at-the-casino/1017555/216)

Stranger

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