I agree it depends on the maturity level of the child. My neice is now 10 but doesn't have any brothers and sisters and is strangly almost like a little adult. She has gone out with us to lovely restaurants as long as I can remember. for her 9th B-Day she requested that we go to a local restaurant for charbroiled oysters. Not the typical palate of a 9 yr old.
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Rachel
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