And while I’m at it... vegetables aren’t a bloody “side” option. They are an integral part of any meal aimed at children by any self-respecting chef. Here endeth the lesson.
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That’s mean.
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Why? Teaching children to behave properly isn’t mean. It used to be called “parenting”.
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Do you have to send her outside?
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She’s never done it
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If she does please don’t send her out :)
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Sent outside with no food? We were sent to our bedrooms without food, then eventually fed cos our parents werent twisted.
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Outside the hotel restaurant - or do you have menus in your house?
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What patronising bullshit. My sister and I used to refuse anything remotely aimed at ‘kids’ on a matter of principle from as young as aged eight! We’d order escargot or anything else we thought would horrify the old dears.

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Wow that's a pretty Victorian regime you've got going on there. They'll resent you when they're older if you don't cut that weird shit out.
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No they won’t. There is a whole generation who were treated that way who love their parents dearly. Love is not bought by giving children everything they want and not giving them boundaries. Love is earned by helping them to become balanced loving adults.
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Parents wanting their children to be their best friends. What’s that about?
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Like a workplace - sometimes as a boss you can be pally with your employees but at some point you will have to take the difficult and unpopular decisions and pull rank.
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Because kids actually having an opinion, however unwelcome, should be quashed at all cost. They should know what’s best for them and suffer whatever authoritarian bullshit you force on them. Right?
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Polite expression of opinion - yes. Rude, surly “I don’t want that” - absolutely not.
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We always had two choices for every meal when we were young and when our lad was young. "Take it or leave it"
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Good for you. However, depriving kids of food etc as JHB suggested in her original post is not something to be congratulating oneself over. And I have three polite children.
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That's an ever so slightly hoity toity response. But having looked at your profile picture I've decided to let you off!! (However a lot of children do get too much rope nowadays and often need encouraging to do as they are told)
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I was really just pointing out that good manners in children (which I will agree are essential) aren’t often brought about by parents chucking their weight around.
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Fair point, with which I agree
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