Hate to be a dissenting vote but absolutely no. We just didn’t EVER take them to fast food places and took them to somewhere where the food was better. The only change we made was to stop before they got too hungry because we wouldn’t have an instantaneous meal. Now, we are fortunate to live in a diner/family restaurant part of the country so it was easy to do that.

Happily, that same strategy has been continued with our 13 year old granddaughter. I recently took her to Manhattan and when I asked what type of restaurant she wanted to eat lunch, she said "Grandma, let’s not go to one of those places where the tourists go."

Our youngest, who’s 18, is a dinerholic and could probably do an excellent review on any diner within 100 miles from here. For years, she has met her friends at different diners and has single-handedly made them an "in" place to go for a whole new group of teen customers over the last few years. She’s actually received gift certificates from some of the owners for adding so many new patrons.

So there’s no reason to alter your Roadfood habits at all, unless you’ve trained your kids to expect something different.