So its wrong that my wife prints up a menu??? LOL
I think the biggest mistake is to 'MAKE' someone eat their dinner. Thats how I was raised and I think it contributes to obesity.
Anyway, in our house, dinner is served and you eat what is prepared. If you dont want to eat all of your dinner then you are obviously too full for any kind of dessert and you better not come in later wanting to eat.
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Originally Posted by widebody911
My parents handled this differently:
* They put food on the table, I ate it.
* If I didn't want to eat it, I didn't leave the table
* I didn't get to make requests
* I didn't get to peruse a menu
* I didn't get to send it back if I didn't like it
* I didn't get any say in the menu until I was old enough to do the cooking myself.
I'm not a parent, so you can take this with a big grain of table salt, but you're setting this kid up to be a spoiled brat.
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