actually my kids don't mind the shrimp poppers which are mostly breading anyway, and they are light years better than the fishsticks. they won't eat real fish, which i did grow up to love. they have problems with the texture of it. i can do real shrimp for them, but they aren't wild about those either. i think Kung Pao shrimp from PFChangs would do the trick though! it is a real drag trying to eat out on Fridays in lent, and my husband will NOT eat seafood.
I love fish and seafood of all descriptions, and fortunately got the "real thing" at home; fish sticks are mostly a bad memory from school lunches.
The one thing I couldn't quite face as a kid was lobster, and I remember my father trying to get me to eat in in a restaurant along with him - it was cheaper than the steak I preferred. That tells you what a LONG time ago this was. :)