the fields 

# title - the page id of the child
# menutext - the menu text of the child 

are empty, but the page has title and menutext

[code]
{$cgsimple->get_children('','','children')}
{if count($children)}
   {foreach from=$children item='child'}
      {if $child.show_in_menu}
<i>Child:  id = {$child.id} alias = {$child.alias} title = {child.title }
menutext = {child.menu_text} show_in_menu: yes<br/></i>
{else}
<i> Child:  id = {$child.id} alias = {$child.alias} title = {child.title }
menutext = {child.menu_text} show_in_menu: no<br/></i>
 {/if}
   {/foreach}
{/if}
[/code]