# Should restaurants get rid of the kids' menu? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 45
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279/45 "2025-06-30T15:57:19Z")
As has been said many times, it’s much easier to let your child order something that they’ll definitely like and try to get them to sample something interesting you ordered, than to force parents into forcing their kids to order/eat from the main menu. When my kids were little, the oldest ordered off the kids menu until she was like 16, the middle one started off the real menu by the time she was 8, and the youngest had a bunch of allergies so often wound up with (very good) special-order chicken fingers. I fail to see how that affected other diners. > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > 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) Don’t forget [why don’t authentic Mexican restaurants serve queso dip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279)._