BLVDS Family Kids Pets June July 2012

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Dining Out, not Dumbing Down by HEKTOR D. ESPARZA and Jillian Plaster

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needs. Studies show that eating habits learned as children are carried into adulthood. If we aim to teach our children to eat healthier, finding restaurants that put as much care into their kid’s menus as they do into the main menu may prove worth it at dinner tonight and in the long run. The following restaurants have received positive reviews by adult critics and feature kid’s menus with items that are easy to like and offer a greater diversity of ingredients and nutritional value at the same time.

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When dining out with the whole family, it’s hard not to notice that what often fills the pages of the kid’s menu is not up to par in quality or nutritional value with selections on the regular menu. Though it may be tempting to indulge our children’s fickle palates with standard kid’s fare such as chicken fingers and fries, with a little more effort put into finding the right restaurants, children can be introduced to a broader range of flavors that will satisfy both their taste buds and nutritional

© Greg Warden

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