Is it just me, or are the so-called “kids’ menus” at most restaurants among the most heinous things you’ve ever seen? They offer the greasiest, fattiest, highest-calorie, most-processed and non-nutritious fare one can find anywhere. Deep-fried chicken “nuggets”, french fries, cheeseburgers, hotdogs, pizza, buttered noodles, greasy grilled cheese. Give me a break! Why exactly is this “kid” food? It does nothing whatever to help grow healthy minds and bodies—in fact, it does the very opposite, making kids sick and fat. How did we get here?  Would you yourself ever order this phony food at a restaurant? Would you pull it out of the freezer and fry it up at home for your family? What lessons are we teaching our children by handing them this menu each time we take them out? Sorry, I’m getting worked up here, but the kids menu is symptomatic of a major cultural problem. [Read more…]