I do agree that there does need to be more variety, however when we go out to eat these it’s a treat & special & she knows it’s not for everyday foods.

yeah these aren’t too bad as one off’s here or there but true food education starts at home and you can always order a salad or something else instead of the meal that is labelled “kids”. Parents do have a choice to feed their kids this or not

I also agree with this, all the best in your campaign!

I agree there needs to be more variety, but sometimes a parent just wants to order a guaranteed favourite so everyone enjoys their meal.

I absolutely agree. My son is now 16 but the running joke in our family was always about chicken nuggets. We’d say to our son… what are you going to order? Chicken nuggets. We also told him he’d end up looking like one!! More variety PLEASE.

I am totally supporting this campaign. Best of luck.

Good on him. A good campaign that i hope get lots of traction.

yep I second what he is doing, I hate going out and have a lovely meal myself only to look over and see my kids eating frozen nuggets! good luck with the Death to Nuggets campaign

Totally agree. I often order a bowl of veggies for my daughter, or give her veggies from my plate when we go out

How hard can it be for restaurants to serve a smaller option of the adult meals? It couldn’t be that expensive as the ingredients are there, and how terrific for children to eat what mum and dad have on a night out. This also opens the children’s minds, and taste buds to new foods.

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  • • cherz replied
    • 05 Aug 2017 , 3:31 pm

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  Totally agree. Restaurants should serve a smaller portion at a cheaper price of an adult/memu meal. It’s not rocket science.
  Well done dad for making a stand.

Woot! Where do I sign up?! We actively avoid restuarants/cafes that only provide crap meals to kids.

I appreciate those restaurants that offer entrée or main sized meals – let’s us offer a wider range of foods to our children.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 06 Aug 2017 , 5:22 am

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  We often order off the menu too to cater for all tastes and all ages. Restaurants will cook to order.

Yes I agree with this dad.
There’s not only a lack of healthy choices, I would say there’s a lack of choice all together.
2 of my kids eat vegetarian and gluten-free and there’s so often lack or no choice at all.

The other option for children when eating out is to order an entree or to share food from adult plates with a separate plate.

I’m with this dad on this – about time some healthier options were there for children.

We go out for tea, maybe once a fortnight even once a month, and the kids get to pick what they like it’s their treat too, my son has sensory issues and is more then happy with nuggets and chips but we have home cooked meals 99% of the time at home and have healthy snacks and food options during the day. So really I don’t see it as issue.

Lmao at the rate it ad that came up in this particular story!

But yeah, if you want more options then you need to create them. If you build it, they will come.

My children would much prefer what’s on the rest of the menu, but it’s so expensive and restaurants aren’t always happy to charge less for a smaller serve. I hope that changes sooner than later – we’re sick of boring children’s menus too.

Good on him,there should be healthy and delicious food on the kids menu!

I’m lucky my kids won’t eat anything on the kids menu’s. I usually have to pay a fortune for a Greek salad for one and we quite often buy the kids big subway salad rolls then have dinner out with them not eating anything and give them a car to play with. I’ve spent years taking vegemite sandwiches and rolls to restaurants so we can have a nice sit down meal. We usually try for Chinese now as all the kids love plain rice with a dash of soy sauce.