Kid’s Table Manners Picky eaters can be the most difficult during dinner, but there are ways to promote peaceful family mealtimes! Mealtime manners begin before you even place the food on the table. Since fish is important for health, especially for pregnant women, and we don’t eat enough fish, today’s Salmon-Potato Cakes recipe is twice as valuable. It’s no trouble to make, because it uses “planned-overs.”