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How To Be Awesome At Everything

153. How To Be Awesome At Dining Out With Kids

How To Be Awesome At Everything

Lindsay Dickhout

Business

4.6621 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Let's talk about taking your kids out to dinner!  

 

In this episode Lindsay is giving you lots of ideas of how to make it not only bearable to take your kids out to eat with you, but actually super enjoyable.

 

We're talking about what to do ahead of time and what to bring, what to plan for and how to not lose it if shit hits the fan!

 

It's so important to take your kids out to dinner… so they get used to it and they are good at doing it.  And it's great family time that you should not miss because you think it might be too hard to take your kids out with you.

 

We're talking about a dining out experience where you enjoy it and your kids do too.

 

Here are some of the ideas Lindsay talks about:

 

-Choose the right place - especially to start

 

-Talk to them about it ahead of time

 

-Don't take tired kids out - plan ahead if you can

 

-Bring things to keep them busy!

 

-Bring snacks!

 

-Then bring tech to keep them busy!

 

-Order pretty quickly - just in case - let's not push it

 

-Respect other people dining

 

-Talk to them, engage, be creative- no need to live on the defensive

 

-Stay calm if shit hits the fan

 

-KEEP DOING IT!!



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https://howtobeawesomeateverything.com/blogs/how-to-be-awesome-podcast/the-most-awesome-restaurant-activities-for-kids

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0:00.0

Let's talk about taking your kids out to dinner. In this episode, I'm giving you lots of ideas of how to make it not only bearable to take your kids out to eat with you, but actually super enjoyable.

0:11.4

We're talking about what to do ahead of time and what to bring, what to plan for, and how to not lose it if shit hits the fan.

0:19.3

I think it is so important to take your kids out to dinner, so they get used to it and

0:24.2

they're good at doing it.

0:25.9

And it's great family time that you should not miss out on because you think it might

0:30.4

be too hard to take your kids out with you.

0:32.6

We're talking about a dining out experience where you enjoy it and your kids do too. So many tips coming up

0:39.6

next. Let's go. You're listening to the How to Be Awesome at Everything podcast where we're

0:45.4

obsessed with life hacks that make your life more awesome. Your host, Lindsay Dick Hout, is an

0:51.2

entrepreneur and business owner, a mom and wife, and someone who wants to do things over the top at all times.

0:58.2

This concept started as a collection of things Lindsay has learned that she was documenting to get to her kids one day.

1:04.0

And now it's a podcast.

1:05.7

Join us on this journey where we talk about how to be awesome at everything we do.

1:10.5

Here's Lindsay.

1:15.8

Welcome back to the podcast.

1:17.9

Today we are talking all about taking your kids out to eat with you, taking them out

1:23.3

to restaurants, whether it's casual or fancy.

1:26.8

In this podcast, I'm going to try to convince you

1:29.9

while you can do it no matter what age your kids are at or how many of them you have. I just think

1:36.1

it is such an important skill to teach your kids of how to go out and how to dine at a restaurant

1:42.7

and do it without disturbing other people around you or without

1:46.6

making it miserable for you, the parents. This is a fun one. And this is one that I've learned

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