Should Adults Be Allowed to Order Kids’ Meals?

Yet there is a gentler, more human path. Restaurants can protect their margins and still treat customers like individuals—offering modest portions, flexible pricing, or “small plate” options without humiliation. Adults, in turn, can respect that businesses have limits. Somewhere between “anything goes” and “absolutely not” lies a simple compromise: let people choose food that fits their appetite, budget, and comfort. In that space, dinner becomes less of a battleground and more of a shared, gracious exhale.