Do you let your kid order 2 meals for himself/herself at restaurant?

[Anonymous]

DC wants to have chicken tender meal and pancake meal at restaurant. Each kid meal comes with a drink and veggie (that he hates). I tell him that he can have a side order of French fries, but he says he wants to eat both chicken tender and pancake for lunch at lunch hour. I cannot order chicken tender or pancake as side order. There is no way he can finish 2 kid meals, but he says he is hungry. He ate breakfast, many snacks, and now lunch hours.

Would you say yes or no?

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

Can't you just order a short stack or single pancake from the regular menu to supplement his meal?

[Anonymous]

No, that's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely not. One meal is plenty. Why not offer to make him pancakes for tomorrow’s lunch?

[Anonymous]

No. Hell no.

[Anonymous]

He can order the pancakes after he eats the vegetable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He can order the pancakes after he eats the vegetable.

And for future meals, find a restaurant that serves a chicken & waffles dish.

[Anonymous]

My kid has a big appetite and we used to get the kids’ meal and pancake on the side at places like Pancake House. Menu restaurants offer rides like that. But my DS would eat every bite. Otherwise we wouldn’t have done it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has a big appetite and we used to get the kids’ meal and pancake on the side at places like Pancake House. Menu restaurants offer rides like that. But my DS would eat every bite. Otherwise we wouldn’t have done it.

*sides* like that ^

[Anonymous]

How old?

[Anonymous]

No. But instead of getting two meals, I’d order chicken tenders and pancakes. If that’s not enough food, I’d order fruit or vegetables that he would actually eat.

[Anonymous]

No, I would make him choose. As a general rule, I thinks it’s good to learn that you can always order or make more food, but it is wasteful to order food you won’t eat. Since you know he’s not going to eat the veggies, I’d make him choose his meal and if he’s still hungry we will order something else small, or he can have oatmeal or something when we get home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. But instead of getting two meals, I’d order chicken tenders and pancakes. If that’s not enough food, I’d order fruit or vegetables that he would actually eat.

Sorry, I just re-read this and saw that you can’t do this. What restaurant had only meals and no ala carte menu? I’d say No. But I’d also pick another restaurant.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Child is 6 year old, and he is a picky eater. They don't have option of short stacks as a side on menu, and I don't feel like paying $15 for adult chicken tender or pancake breakfast meal to satisfy his needs. I used to do that to satisfy his needs when he was younger, but don't want to do it anymore because I want to order adult lunch meal that I want to eat. We have not dined in for long time due to covid, and I did not expect that he want both of his favorite items at restaurant for one meal. He could not finish 2 kid meals with an extra side order if French fries.