I am seeing it more and more. We visit friends or relatives for dinner and those who have children are serving them a different dish then what the adults are served. The reason is that the child/children don't like what was made for the adults so they get something they will eat.
With my kids, I have different house rules and I'm sure I will catch hell for it in a few after this is posted.
The only time the child chooses what they get to eat is when they are paying for it. My wife spends a lot of time preparing a meal and the children are required to eat what their mother has prepared. They will not be served differently. Additionally, the kids can't speak until they have finished thier first serving, after that they can tell us everything they want and ask for seconds if they chose. Our oldest use to talk so much at the table that his food would get cold, then struggle to finish it. So table rules where the result and when it comes to rules... parents nowadays think children should be "free".
Does anyone else have similiar rules or table ettiquete that stuns most other parents?
With my kids, I have different house rules and I'm sure I will catch hell for it in a few after this is posted.
The only time the child chooses what they get to eat is when they are paying for it. My wife spends a lot of time preparing a meal and the children are required to eat what their mother has prepared. They will not be served differently. Additionally, the kids can't speak until they have finished thier first serving, after that they can tell us everything they want and ask for seconds if they chose. Our oldest use to talk so much at the table that his food would get cold, then struggle to finish it. So table rules where the result and when it comes to rules... parents nowadays think children should be "free".
Does anyone else have similiar rules or table ettiquete that stuns most other parents?
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