Current Events > Parents who let their children dictate what to eat.

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I know people who will come to potluck with bomb food, then go to McDonald's because their kid is a picky eater. That's some beta max.

One time a kid came over for thanksgiving and cried until his father bought him kfc.
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You mean like the overweight parents who have overweight children? I feel bad for the kids because they don't know any better.
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Our rule with the kids: eat what's served or don't but that's all you get. A few nights of hunger and they learn.
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SauI_Goodman posted...

You mean like the overweight parents who have overweight children? I feel bad for the kids because they don't know any better.

It's fucking heartbreaking when you see two massively obese parents with chubby children.

Agreed. Special occasion thing only. Like they got As or win an award that wasn't just for participating. Id throw that shit out the window in their face.
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My wife has a cousin like this

Their 8 year old will literally not eat anything except Lunchables for every meal and they allow it
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DyingPancake posted...

My wife has a cousin like this

Their 8 year old will literally not eat anything except Lunchables for every meal and they allow it

Ugh you're giving me PTSD.

Chocolate pop tarts or sugar cereal every morning

Lunchables or frozen pizza for lunch

Fast food usually 2-3 times a week

I was a pudgy little kid

DyingPancake posted...

My wife has a cousin like this

Their 8 year old will literally not eat anything except Lunchables for every meal and they allow it

voldothegr8 posted...

Our rule with the kids: eat what's served or don't but that's all you get. A few nights of hunger and they learn.

this.

its mind blowing to see parents fall into this trap. or one i see in my family.....

child: "I'm full" (Child has maybe eaten a 1/4 of his dinner)
Parent; "Okay"

5 minutes later.....

Child: "Can I have a cookie?"
Parent: "Okay"

Me when I'm babysitting....I tell said kid "you didn't eat dinner so you are too full for a cookie" Child knows he doesnt get away with shit if Im in charge.

My nephew seriously has some kind of mental disorder. There's picky, and then there's crazy picky. He's like 8 or something. There is a very, very limited list of food items he will eat. He will eat cinnamon buns. He'll eat french fries, but they have to be juuuust right, not too salty or too little salty. That's about it. That's all I'm aware of that he will eat. That's all I've ever seen him eat.

I've tried to get them to do things differently with him but they claim that this kid will just starve himself if he doesn't eat what he wants. I mean he won't even put up a tantrum or cry or anything, he just won't eat, and he'll be okay with that.

What do you do with a kid like that?
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kayoticdreamz posted...

DyingPancake posted...

My wife has a cousin like this

Their 8 year old will literally not eat anything except Lunchables for every meal and they allow it

voldothegr8 posted...

Our rule with the kids: eat what's served or don't but that's all you get. A few nights of hunger and they learn.

this.

its mind blowing to see parents fall into this trap. or one i see in my family.....

child: "I'm full" (Child has maybe eaten a 1/4 of his dinner)
Parent; "Okay"

5 minutes later.....

Child: "Can I have a cookie?"
Parent: "Okay"

Me when I'm babysitting....I tell said kid "you didn't eat dinner so you are too full for a cookie" Child knows he doesnt get away with shit if Im in charge.

Yo, respect. This is exactly how it goes with me. "What you gonna do, cry about it? How does that effect me?". Their parents being more underservingly giving at times just gives me the pass to go full asshole when Im in control so they have balance.
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I remember when my cousin only ever ate chicken nuggets from McDonalds. He didn't get fat cause his parents would rarely take him. So he kinda starved for a long time till he finally started eating other stuff.
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spanky1 posted...

My nephew seriously has some kind of mental disorder. There's picky, and then there's crazy picky. He's like 8 or something. There is a very, very limited list of food items he will eat. He will eat cinnamon buns. He'll eat french fries, but they have to be juuuust right, not too salty or too little salty. That's about it. That's all I'm aware of that he will eat. That's all I've ever seen him eat.

I've tried to get them to do things differently with him but they claim that this kid will just starve himself if he doesn't eat what he wants. I mean he won't even put up a tantrum or cry or anything, he just won't eat, and he'll be okay with that.

What do you do with a kid like that?

Force it down their throat.
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Even the pickiest little turd will eat what's on their plate if they go hungry enough. Just gotta be sure your kid's not so much of a petty shitwad that they try to report you to CPS for denying them an alternate meal to what you're trying to make them eat.
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spanky1 posted...

My nephew seriously has some kind of mental disorder. There's picky, and then there's crazy picky. He's like 8 or something. There is a very, very limited list of food items he will eat. He will eat cinnamon buns. He'll eat french fries, but they have to be juuuust right, not too salty or too little salty. That's about it. That's all I'm aware of that he will eat. That's all I've ever seen him eat.

I've tried to get them to do things differently with him but they claim that this kid will just starve himself if he doesn't eat what he wants. I mean he won't even put up a tantrum or cry or anything, he just won't eat, and he'll be okay with that.

What do you do with a kid like that?

you let them starve.

the kid will eventually get hungry enough to want food. Thats when he gets fed whatever you want to give them. You also can't let the kid have a choice. They can have french fries but only AFTER they eat a real meal. The problem is most parents let their kids dictate dinner time. whether that is meal choice or whether that is allowing them to play on Ipad, watch TV, and take a bite of food every 30 minutes.

You take the ipad away, remove the TV, and make the kids eat if they otherwise wouldn't. its amazing how fast they will eat without entertainment because kids really just want to play 24/7.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Yo, respect. This is exactly how it goes with me. "What you gonna do, cry about it? How does that effect me?". Their parents being more underservingly giving at times just gives me the pass to go full asshole when Im in control so they have balance.

thanks, thats my philosophy too.

I mean he's nuts about food. Like I had a burger and fries, and he wanted some fries, but then saw that some of the fries were touching the side of burger, and then he didn't want fries after that. Like he has some mental disorder or something.
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Thats what I did

I cried when they had healthy food so mom had to drive 15 minutes from the house to get me KFC

I eat whatever I want now. I had chicken nuggets and hot dogs for breakfast!
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voldothegr8 posted...

Our rule with the kids: eat what's served or don't but that's all you get. A few nights of hunger and they learn.

The kid would starve forever, or sneak snacks. Or just die
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My wife's best friend has a sister in law with a child that is two months younger than my daughter, who just turned 3 at the end of June, he is also shorter than my daughter who is a little shorter than average. But he weighs 60 fucking pounds which is 20 more than my 5 year old. All they feed him is cheetos, chips, and twinkie like pastries along with Mcdicks for supper every night. I feel so bad for this kid. He is going to die of a heart attack before he hits puberty.
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I ate 90% of what my parents cooked. I hate fish and seafood so any time that got cooked I ate everything but the seafood.
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Growing up I was happy to eat most things my mom cooked. Picky kids annoy me. And parents who enable their pickiness are weak

kayoticdreamz posted...

you let them starve.

the kid will eventually get hungry enough to want food. Thats when he gets fed whatever you want to give them. You also can't let the kid have a choice. They can have french fries but only AFTER they eat a real meal. The problem is most parents let their kids dictate dinner time. whether that is meal choice or whether that is allowing them to play on Ipad, watch TV, and take a bite of food every 30 minutes.

You take the ipad away, remove the TV, and make the kids eat if they otherwise wouldn't. its amazing how fast they will eat without entertainment because kids really just want to play 24/7.

I don't think you understand... The kid in question sounds like he's on the spectrum, so when he says picky he really means it. Waiting it out will eventually lead to an ER visit, seriously.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

SauI_Goodman posted...

You mean like the overweight parents who have overweight children? I feel bad for the kids because they don't know any better.

It's fucking heartbreaking when you see two massively obese parents with chubby children.

Straight up child abuse. There is no other way to put it.

The United states and the western world are legitimately in a child abuse crisis.

Not only is obesity bad for you but the kind of foods that tend to contribute towards obesity tend to have little nutrition.

So you can be overweight and yet still be malnourished. Deficient in key nutrients. Not enough vitamin D, calcium, potassium, whatever.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

SauI_Goodman posted...

You mean like the overweight parents who have overweight children? I feel bad for the kids because they don't know any better.

It's fucking heartbreaking when you see two massively obese parents with chubby children.

Agreed. Child abuse
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My sister would do this

We'd go to family parties with hella good food. Before we leave my mom would always ask us to eat before we leave

Then on the way home she'd ask if we could go to McDonald's and Id get so pissed but wouldn't say anything.
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Yeah that is the worst when you see a fat six year old going round Wal-Mart with their parents and they're just chucking multipacks of soda and chocolate bars and ****ing donuts in with a load of frozen garbage.

Prepare fresh nutritious food you awful parents!

Realize that people have TASTES. Kids are not required to eat the parents foods. Especially if it's

1) healthy and gross
2) ethnic and in the wrong way.
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ArchiePeck posted...

Yeah that is the worst when you see a fat six year old going round Wal-Mart with their parents and they're just chucking multipacks of soda and chocolate bars and ****ing donuts in with a load of frozen garbage.

Prepare fresh nutritious food you awful parents!

That's WAY better than nutritious foods

I'm an adult and 99% of the foods I eat are unhealthy. I had McDonalds for lunch, and having Cheetos for snacks. And gonna have fried chicken and french fries for dinner!
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My wife and I were at Five Guys and these parents had gone to McDonald's to get food for their kids and then were getting Five Guys for themselves or something. Kinda weird.
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You seem like a virgin incapable of fathering children of your own TC.

I have three kids. Two of them will eat anything, the other is super fussy. You just have to deal with it as a parent.
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knuxnole posted...

Realize that people have TASTES. Kids are not required to eat the parents foods. Especially if it's

1) healthy and gross
2) ethnic and in the wrong way.

wtf is this post
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This is my brothers and mom.
I was raised by my grandparents. I ate what they ate or ate nothing. Mexican, Italian, American. The only time I would get a frozen dinner was if they wanted some super spicy Mexican food with a lot of chili. I always did and loved enchiladas, burritos, tamales, etc. But this was like chili verde made with dynamite. That kind where you can't even be in the same room when they're making it because it's so intense. But that was it. That was the only time I got something different. And I'm glad. I learned to like a lot of different things. I learned to cook a lot of different things as I got older. I'm willing to try different things.

My 3 brothers are 18 to 29 and all live at home with my mom. She and my stepfather spoiled them rotten when it came to food. If one of them doesn't like something then it doesn't get made at all. So to this day, I absolutely shit you not it's still chicken patties/strips/breasts as a sandwich or on salad. Roast chicken. Spaghetti or lasagne only as far as Italian goes. BBQ. Pork chops, meatloaf, sausage with peppers. Carrots, corn or peas. No other veggie. Plain white rice or noodles. Baked or mashed potato.
That's is for the most part.
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RedWhiteBlue posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

Our rule with the kids: eat what's served or don't but that's all you get. A few nights of hunger and they learn.

I know several parents that have done this. Their kids became anorexic and were forced to give them food that they didn't hate. It has nothing to do with kids being stubborn, it has to do with you legitimately being unable to eat disgusting food. Do you not remember what it was like to be a kid, to so strongly hate something that you can not stand it? Don't forget your past, too many parents are detached from their kids. At least try to figure out a meal they can enjoy while also being healthy. Give them new sauces to drown out broccoli if you have to.

Worked for our kids, one night of hunger for the first and a few for the second and they learned. We also of course offer positive reinforcement when they eat everything with dessert, and if they choose not to eat something after trying it we don't shove in their faces all the time. Parenting isn't black and white.
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Minute posted...

knuxnole posted...

Realize that people have TASTES. Kids are not required to eat the parents foods. Especially if it's

1) healthy and gross
2) ethnic and in the wrong way.

wtf is this post

Everything that account posts is dumb. It's his gimmick and not in a fun Complete_Idi0t way

spanky1 posted...

but they claim that this kid will just starve himself

Dumbest thing I've read all day, I think we can all guess who they voted for.
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voldothegr8 posted...

I know several parents that have done this. Their kids became anorexic

I highly doubt this, there was a time when the vast majority of kids were forced to eat things they didn't like(vegetables).
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knuxnole posted...

Thats what I did

I cried when they had healthy food so mom had to drive 15 minutes from the house to get me KFC

I eat whatever I want now. I had chicken nuggets and hot dogs for breakfast!

knuxnole posted...

Realize that people have TASTES. Kids are not required to eat the parents foods. Especially if it's

1) healthy and gross
2) ethnic and in the wrong way.

How old are you?
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mustachedmystic posted...

spanky1 posted...

but they claim that this kid will just starve himself

Dumbest thing I've read all day, I think we can all guess who they voted for.

Call it dumb but it's real and it happens. Food disorders are a thing, fyi.
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smoke_break posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

spanky1 posted...

but they claim that this kid will just starve himself

Dumbest thing I've read all day, I think we can all guess who they voted for.

Call it dumb but it's real and it happens. Food disorders are a thing, fyi.

Not at 3 years old.
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voldothegr8 posted...

RedWhiteBlue posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

Our rule with the kids: eat what's served or don't but that's all you get. A few nights of hunger and they learn.

I know several parents that have done this. Their kids became anorexic and were forced to give them food that they didn't hate. It has nothing to do with kids being stubborn, it has to do with you legitimately being unable to eat disgusting food. Do you not remember what it was like to be a kid, to so strongly hate something that you can not stand it? Don't forget your past, too many parents are detached from their kids. At least try to figure out a meal they can enjoy while also being healthy. Give them new sauces to drown out broccoli if you have to.

Worked for our kids, one night of hunger for the first and a few for the second and they learned. We also of course offer positive reinforcement when they eat everything with dessert, and if they choose not to eat something after trying it we don't shove in their faces all the time. Parenting isn't black and white.

My daughter is a prime example of someone that will go hungry if she is being forced to eat something she doesn't like. Luckily fruits and vegetables are among her favourite foods.
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smoke_break posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

spanky1 posted...

but they claim that this kid will just starve himself

Dumbest thing I've read all day, I think we can all guess who they voted for.

Call it dumb but it's real and it happens. Food disorders are a thing, fyi.

Are you saying that somewhere, anywhere, a child starved to death because he didn't want to eat the food his/her parents gave him/her?
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smoke_break posted...

kayoticdreamz posted...

you let them starve.

the kid will eventually get hungry enough to want food. Thats when he gets fed whatever you want to give them. You also can't let the kid have a choice. They can have french fries but only AFTER they eat a real meal. The problem is most parents let their kids dictate dinner time. whether that is meal choice or whether that is allowing them to play on Ipad, watch TV, and take a bite of food every 30 minutes.

You take the ipad away, remove the TV, and make the kids eat if they otherwise wouldn't. its amazing how fast they will eat without entertainment because kids really just want to play 24/7.

I don't think you understand... The kid in question sounds like he's on the spectrum, so when he says picky he really means it. Waiting it out will eventually lead to an ER visit, seriously.

and feeding them twinkies for breakfast isn't the answer. you people seem to be thinking feeding them twinkies for breakfast is better than them starving. it's really not. creating an obese monster is child abuse.

you never cure a disease by giving into the disease.

and who can honestly blame the kids? the parents are weak. Lets consider for a moment two kids in two different households

A - Kid is given a choice between sweets, vegetables, and fruits. The kid will ALWAYS choose the sweets. why? because children are dumb and don't know better. Also sweets are designed to be addictive. In time, they will of course hate the vegetables and fruits and only want sweets. The parents rationalize it with "thats all my child will eat....so its better than starving"....and next thing we know the child is the next start on TLC My big fat life.

B - Kid is never given the choice of sweets but rather.....Tomatoes, Peaches, lettuce, bananas, etc. The child will naturally pick their favorite of the group as that is all they know. They will still retain their individuality all the while eating healthy foods. You can then occasionally reward them with a dessert.

B only works of course if you as the parent aren't shoving their face with sweets every night and aren't an obese person.

same with getting dressed....you don't let a child dress themselves but you might give them a choice between shirt A and shirt B.

in short....remove the ability to let kids fully choose. limit their choices.

pikachupwnage posted...

The United states and the western world are legitimately in a child abuse crisis.

underrated point. we really are in a child abuse crisis. the worst part is how are oblivious to it.

Like I said, if you cannot find food they enjoy, force it down their throats. Cannot let them go hungry because

1) this let's them think they have the option to disobey you
2) they need nutrition to grow healthy
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3khc posted...

Like I said, if you cannot find food they enjoy, force it down their throats. Cannot let them go hungry because

1) this let's them think they have the option to disobey you
2) they need nutrition to grow healthy

True talk - Are you a virgin?
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thelovefist posted...

3khc posted...

Like I said, if you cannot find food they enjoy, force it down their throats. Cannot let them go hungry because

1) this let's them think they have the option to disobey you
2) they need nutrition to grow healthy

True talk - Are you a virgin?

I dunno man. He's willing to force things down chil*dying light dropkicked off highest building*
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spanky1 posted...

My nephew seriously has some kind of mental disorder. There's picky, and then there's crazy picky. He's like 8 or something. There is a very, very limited list of food items he will eat. He will eat cinnamon buns. He'll eat french fries, but they have to be juuuust right, not too salty or too little salty. That's about it. That's all I'm aware of that he will eat. That's all I've ever seen him eat.

I've tried to get them to do things differently with him but they claim that this kid will just starve himself if he doesn't eat what he wants. I mean he won't even put up a tantrum or cry or anything, he just won't eat, and he'll be okay with that.

What do you do with a kid like that?

My cousin once dated a girl who would only eat cheese. Not good, real cheese, just straight up American cheese, salted milk fat
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Minute posted...

knuxnole posted...

Realize that people have TASTES. Kids are not required to eat the parents foods. Especially if it's

1) healthy and gross
2) ethnic and in the wrong way.

wtf is this post

A real person giving real thoughts!
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mustachedmystic posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

I know several parents that have done this. Their kids became anorexic

I highly doubt this, there was a time when the vast majority of kids were forced to eat things they didn't like(vegetables).

I didnt. I just refused and my parents learned to not feed me it, or it goes in the trash.

Either they did what I wanted or I purposely not eat
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A_Good_Boy posted...

knuxnole posted...

Thats what I did

I cried when they had healthy food so mom had to drive 15 minutes from the house to get me KFC

I eat whatever I want now. I had chicken nuggets and hot dogs for breakfast!

knuxnole posted...

Realize that people have TASTES. Kids are not required to eat the parents foods. Especially if it's

1) healthy and gross
2) ethnic and in the wrong way.

How old are you?

34
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what are some of these responses

i didn't like the food my parents cooked so i just taught myself how to cook
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