Is this an appropriate dinner for a child I am babysitting?

It depends on the child however that would not be my first choice for an eight year old. (I'm a mom.) Young kids can be very sensitive to seasoning. Eight year olds tend to like chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, spaghetti with a simple tomato sauce or hamburgers. The most appropriate thing to do is to ask the parents for suggestions before you are due to babysit.

The first thing you need to do is to ask the parents if the child has any food allergies.
That being said, go with something the child will eat up, like mac cheese and add some hot dogs to it.

The chicken pasta bake will probably be a big hit. The Greek salad probably not. It does depend a lot on the child. but I know when I was eight I probably wouldn't have been too keen on the stronger flavors and a Greek salad. but then you never know, you might try making a basic salad and throw in just a little bit of the Greek flavoring like maybe a small sprinkle of feta cheese and maybe a little bit of olive and see if he goes for it.

What may be appropriate won't necessarily be anything the kid will touch- and you need to speak directly to the kid's mom FIRST.

Kids tend to go through weird phases where they will "only" eat certain things - and even if it fits a certain description, if you make it they still may not eat it. This isn't the time to do a cooking demo.

I have never been anywhere to do child care where the parents didn't leave a supply of whatever their kid needed to eat. Rather than bringing something over you'll only be eating yourself, or making a mess in their kitchen, just ASK. Loads of kids have milk allergies and cheese sensitivities, and worse yet, problems with wheat - so this isn't really safe to do at all. The last thing you want to deal with is a sick kid.
Just let them leave you whatever the kid needs to eat. What you suggest could be perfect - or disastrous - and you don't want to find out the hard way.

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Kids are not usually partial to black Greek olives or Feta cheese. But, the rest of the meal sounds like a child would like it. Why not ask the child you are babysitting?

I agree you should ask the parents about your cousins dietary habits. I'm vegan and my husband isn't. Therefore, our kids have eclectic and even sophisticated tastes for a five- and eight-year-old. My kids might like the past a and my daughter would like the salad without the cheese. They don't do conventional "kid friendly" foods except whole wheat pasta and past a sauce.

I agree that "past a bake" is rather vague. However, my eight-year-old might like it, depending on the ingredients.

Give the kids a couple if options. We often do that with our kids though sometimes we have to decide as they want different things, or we decide and if they don't like it, they don't eat.

As I said, ask the patents. They might even have a treat dinner planned because they will be out. We also do that.

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Is it appropriate? Yes. Will the kid be excited to eat it? Probably not. Get the child involved as much as possiblle in creating/ preparing dinner. If possible, make them think certain things are their ideas. ...."We have chicken and we have liver, I'm thinking liver would be good.....oh, you're right, I bet chicken WOULD be better....you're so smart, that sounds delicious, I can't wait to try it YOUR way"

Have them prep/ help as much as possible. Mention how helpful they are and that you couldn't do it by yourself. Don't be TOO strict with your recipes, if they prefer a reasonable addition, subtraction, or substitution, then go for it.

When eating, make sure to say how good it is (even if it's only OK) and that their help and ideas made all the difference. Ask/ "beg" them to help you the next time around (because they have such great ideas/ skills).

The kid will proudly scarf down dinner and be excited to help and "teach" you the next time.