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Post by 973beachbum on Aug 17, 2012 12:21:05 GMT -5
apparently I'm an Ostritchbut then again my parents which I would have staked my life were dictators were also. What is all this food frama? I am 1 of 5 plus my grandmother lived with us also so we had a household of 8 and most of us were teen boys. My Mom cooked mass quanitites of food and put it on the table and we grabbed what we wanted and ate it or not if we didn't like it. No one ever commented unless something ran out and it was just to ask "are you going to finish that?". I promise you a yes was quickly thanksed and your plate grabbed and scraped onto their plate. She wouldn't have made anything special just because someone didn't like what was for dinner but she did leave everyone to control what when into their own mouth to them.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 17, 2012 12:30:11 GMT -5
I like peas but DS doesn't. I fed them to him as a baby and he was fine with them so it just became something he didn't like when he got old enough to say so. He ate other green stuff so I was okay with no peas. Then DD comes along and I'm feeding her peas. He calls MY mother and MY MIL to tell on me for feeding the baby peas. Now, mind you, he was 6 years old at the time. Little turd. He left a message on MILs phone because she was at work and not at home to complain to. All my mom wanted to know was if I knew he was making a long distance call on the phone and when he said no, she said he needed permission and to go get it. That's how I found out about the calls. I'm lucky he didn't dial 911 I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 12:30:48 GMT -5
We were served the standard "hunk of meat, side of starch, side of veggies" growing up and we each had to try everything on our plates. There were a couple of meals where one of us kids wouldn't want to eat something, but Mom figured out which ones weren't a hit and stopped serving them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 12:36:27 GMT -5
Mine need to eat enough so that I'm not hearing "I'm hungry" as soon as I put the dinner plates in the dishwasher.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Aug 17, 2012 12:39:12 GMT -5
He calls MY mother and MY MIL to tell on me for feeding the baby peas There was no food drama in my house either. My mom wasn't going to be a short order cook and when we went to grandma's I had to at least eat a bite or two of whatever they served. Otherwise she was fine if I meticulously picked out every pepper from my macroni and beef as long as I ate the rest. .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2012 12:39:40 GMT -5
It happened yesterday! I think their stomachs are bigger than I give them credit for.
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Aug 18, 2012 12:27:16 GMT -5
I couldn't get the quiz to come up for some reason, but I would say that my parenting style was top-on-down.....once my junior high-age daughter muttered " bitch " to herself while she was going down the hall after we had had a small fracas about something....I called out, " What did you CALL ME ?! " She turned around, looked at me sadly, and said, " You weren't supposed to hear that." I just cracked up and let that one slide. I told her that I used to feel that way about my mom, too, sometimes. We sat and hugged each other after that.....
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Aug 18, 2012 12:29:25 GMT -5
When I was growing up, we didn't have to eat everything on our plates, but we had to drink up all of our milk. I asked my father why that was the rule growing up, and as a Depression child and a WWII vet, his answer was, " Milke is expensive." So, there you have it. I'm still not overly fond of milk.
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Post by raeoflyte on Aug 20, 2012 11:11:51 GMT -5
On the other hand, if you let them eat whatever they want as kids, as adults - when they CAN actually have ice cream for breakfast - they aren't going to have much incentive to start eating healthfully. I've experienced the opposite of this. I always had to eat dinner (although I got pretty good at throwing out all kinds of things I didn't like without my parents knowing). But we always had ice cream, chips, cookies, etc in the house. I made a batch of sugar cookies everyday after school for almost an entire year (and we always ate them!), and I know I had ice cream for breakfast more than one morning over the summers. But I almost never buy or make any of those as an adult. (Although dh pointed out I do buy a lot more ice cream when pregnant ). I'm still a picky eater, but I don't go straight for junk food.
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Post by beags on Aug 20, 2012 11:38:04 GMT -5
I was Ostrich . . but those questions were stupid considering I am the parent of one teen and one adult right now. You treat them differently than you would a young child. Not eating breakfast? As a teen and young adult why would I care if they want to eat? Hiding behind me when a friend comes over? Hell, I'm lucky if they are even home when the friend comes over.
This is definately a test for people with YOUNG children. . . . I don't even remember what I did when they were age 5 or younger.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Aug 20, 2012 11:42:06 GMT -5
It must be for parents of a very small age group then because I have a two year old and picked hypothetical answers. A two year old is going to hide behind me when strange people come over and I would love to see the quiz writer try to make a toddler eat her dinner.
That's the problem with these type of quizzes. They are open ended questions but they force you to chose a single one size fits all answer.
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Post by beags on Aug 20, 2012 11:44:51 GMT -5
LOL DramaQ I would be willing to bet that most of these quiz makers never had children . . . or if they did, their children no longer come home to visit.
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Post by beags on Aug 20, 2012 11:49:24 GMT -5
When I was growing up we never had to eat everything that was on our plates, but we did have to try everything . . even if we knew we didn't like the last time we tried it.
I did the same with my children . . they never had to eat everything that was on their plates. However, if we were somewhere where they could put whatever they wanted on their plates (such as at a buffet style thing) then they had to eat what they put on their plates. If figured if they picked it themselves than they wanted it, and they are going to eat it.
I do remember one time when my mother made something new. I didn't like it. My dad said "You know there are people in third world countries who would be happy to eat what is on your plate." My response to my dad . .."Well then mail it to them." Not a good answer .. dad had that kill the child look on his face. I don't think I ever ran so fast up to my bedroom to lock the door before. lol
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Post by beags on Aug 20, 2012 11:52:53 GMT -5
I was lucky if I was able to get my kids to sit down long enough to eat everything that was on their plates. Half the time I think they stopped eating simply because they no longer wanted to sit. They would always come in 10 minutes later stating they were hungry.
My children were always outside playing with their friends in the neighborhood. Coming home to eat meant leaving the game they were playing . . whatever that was. They wanted to get back to it as soon as possible. That meant eat enough to barely take away the hunger and leave.
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Post by alabamagal on Aug 20, 2012 12:08:39 GMT -5
I came out as an Ostrich mom but I don't know how entirely accurate that is. I am pretty laid about about some things but I have found I am suprisingly old school when it comes to others. Ditto. I can be a hardass. I also didn't care for the quiz. Definitely geared toward parents of younger kids, and my youngest is 17 and just started college. I guess I don't stress out too much about food when my "baby" is 6'4" and 220 lbs, former HS football player. He obviously "growed up" fine.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Aug 20, 2012 14:22:45 GMT -5
Tiger Mom but, I know and everyone who knows me knows, I am a textbook Mother Bear. ;D
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 20, 2012 19:10:45 GMT -5
i'm not big on forcing kids to eat whatever you place in front of them, that's not teaching healthy eating habbits.
But at the same time, if I made my kid a meal and they didn't want to eat it, my reaction would be "fine, the kitchen is there, make whatever you want."
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Post by qofcc on Aug 20, 2012 19:22:05 GMT -5
Diplomat.
And on the food issue, I always made them take the number of bites of their age (unless the first bite triggers gag reflex, then I give up). DG is 4 and more often than not after 4 bites he realizes he actually is hungry or likes the new food and cleans the plate.
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Post by lynnerself on Aug 20, 2012 19:47:46 GMT -5
Question about the "taking one bite" rule. (I don't remember doing this, but it;s been awhile). How often did that work, that after the 1 (or more) bites, did the kid actually changed his mind and like the food? Mine would have hated it just on principle if forced to try.
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Post by swamp on Aug 20, 2012 19:49:52 GMT -5
My kids will insist they don't like a food they have never tried. 50% of the time, they like what I make them try.
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Post by jarhead1976 on Aug 20, 2012 20:17:48 GMT -5
It says diplomat! I am sure in her eyes I am satan I swear she is not mine and she does too.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 20, 2012 20:51:08 GMT -5
I agonized over the math question. No where was the option to tell the child to just cheat. I hated math and cheated when I could. So what do I wind up doing most of my adult life? Keeping friggin books for a living. Go figure Oh, I came out Ostrich Mom. My son would probably call me the Mom from Hell
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Aug 20, 2012 20:55:19 GMT -5
Tiger mom. And I thought I was being nice on most of the answers. LOL!
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