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Every father has had that conversation. Also, "Do you want potatoes?" NO "Do you want peas?" NO "Do you want ice cream?" NO..YES "Too Late."
As a child, I never had this happen. I pretty much ate everything without being asked. I am asian however. I asked some of my asian friends, and they said the same thing. They just ate, anything with carbohydrates or protein, then good. Obv some dislike certain vegetables, but other than that, eating was not a chore.
I read some comments on imgur as well as knowing the little siblings of some of my American friends, and 'eating' is like some gigantic daily battle.
This post isn't intended to be racist, but I was thinking, perhaps parents that are immigrants are just happy to have food around so their kids don't act like little turds when being asked to eat?
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Bisutopia19033 Posts
No matter where you live, there will always be kids that are fussy over eating. My neice and nephew are that way. I personally wouldn't let them have dinner later if they won't eat it at the right time. Parenting is tuff.
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My parents regulated the hell out of my diet as a kid. Only ate McDonalds whenever we went on really long trips, Pringles for Christmas, and heavy Japanese diet. I am also able to remember when my mom and grandmother more or less force fed me sushi. Whenever I would come home from swim practice, I would see all the kids with all these candy bars and I would desperately want one but my mom scared me into not asking for any. She did not have trouble feeding us because it was clear she was in charge. At the same, it sucked, but it made me healthy, developed a nice palette, and now a sushi chef. My friends on the other hand ask for McDonalds and get McDonalds at will. I feel bad for parents who cannot say no.
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TLADT24917 Posts
My parents never had this problem. As kids, we pretty much ate anything that they asked us to eat which was a lot of fruits, vegetables and amazing home cooked meals. I have to agree with BD on this one. Some kids will be fussy about it. I don't think it's an immigration thing. Of course, parents can be tougher with kids who don't eat what they want but it depends on their parenting style.
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I came from a family where dinner was put on the table and that was it. There was no other food coming, so you didn't have a choice of being picky.
Of course there were foods I did not like, but overall I never had an issue with the food put on the table to eat.
One of my nephews now really does not like a lot of different food where as his younger brother will eat basically anything put on his plate. Its tough sometimes to get him to eat dinner but he certainly doesn't starve.
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After I realized how I could eat the shit I wanted if I was annoying enough about it I had some years of eating really badly until I started caring for eating healthy, so my answer is kinda
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I think I could have been really picky if I wanted to be, but wasn't really as a little kid and ate about everything, even stuff that's usually considered "problematic" for kids in Germany... Like a lot of fish or seafood is usually no-go for young kids over here, np at all.
Funnily/sadly enough I got really picky later on but it's not about wether or not I like the food, I just don't trust a lot of people with food. Unless it's something very homogenous I won't eat it until I made it myself pretty much. I don't even eat Burgers at McD / BurgerKing / whatever else because I think that's shady lol. No idea why I'm that paranoid about it but if I can't see what's in *insert food* and I didn't make it myself I won't like it.
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being chinese the food taste so good I never complained. can't blame the american's though, look at bone7 that only eats potatoes ;p
edit: when i was younger i was bit weak/sickly and threw up a lot so that's probably a factor... but from my memory I don't complain about food.
to be frank I think in all cultures food, while not the most expensive thing, has a status of being very important and people are more inclined to waste maybe more expensive things like gas and electricity but culturally speaking we don't tend to waste food. So i think every parents try their best to make their kids complain less in a normal setting, in all cultures. Parents who spoil their kids also exists in all cultures, but they're not the majority I don't think.
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On March 10 2015 12:48 Alventenie wrote: I came from a family where dinner was put on the table and that was it. There was no other food coming, so you didn't have a choice of being picky.
Of course there were foods I did not like, but overall I never had an issue with the food put on the table to eat.
One of my nephews now really does not like a lot of different food where as his younger brother will eat basically anything put on his plate. Its tough sometimes to get him to eat dinner but he certainly doesn't starve.
Pretty much this.
People get progressively less picky about their food the hungrier they get. I think I made it through two dinners before I shut up and ate what they gave me. Eating food I didn't "like"> being hungry.
I also found out that, a very few foods aside, the more I ate it the more I generally liked it. Nowadays I'll eat most anything aside from olives and eggplant.
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On March 10 2015 12:48 Alventenie wrote: I came from a family where dinner was put on the table and that was it. There was no other food coming, so you didn't have a choice of being picky.
Of course there were foods I did not like, but overall I never had an issue with the food put on the table to eat.
One of my nephews now really does not like a lot of different food where as his younger brother will eat basically anything put on his plate. Its tough sometimes to get him to eat dinner but he certainly doesn't starve.
pretty much this
we had a limited amount of food, I played a lot and I was hungry. when you are actually very hungry, any food tastes good.
don't get me wrong, I didn't starve. my parents always made sure I was well fed. but if I didn't eat what was on the dinner table I wasn't able to replace it with something else.
edit: jayme we just replied to the same guy at the same time by saying the same thing. that's neat
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Feeding kids McDonalds is child endangerment.
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My parents could cook so it was fine.
Seeing the crap my mates still eat / fail to be able to cook / hearing about what they eat at home I can understand why some people are fussy / unimaginative about eating.
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When I was younger I use to eat a lot of just bread and milk it was not the most healthy thing to eat but not the worst thing. I did not know much about dieting and I use to eat junk food in moderation once every few weeks we went for take away. I was very young at the time and did not have the obsession with food and did exercised regularly so I kept the weight off. It was not hard for them to feed me because me and my dad ate alike. I had no allergic reaction to food that I know off either. It was only around my teen years that I started eating more healthy it took time to learn everything and I am still learning. It did not take a day but eventually I set up my own diet. So if you ask me that question now I would say that I have had a lot more restrictions and rules when it comes to eating to keep myself fit and healthy.I would not eat the foods that I ate previously with the knowledge I have now. Not hard for them to feed me the question.
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Came to this thread thinking it would be about if parents could afford food for you or not. On the actual subject, eh, not really. I got pickier as I got older really.
McDonald's isn't any worse than eating any other type of fast food with eating McDonald's probably being more correlated with poverty than a lot of other options.
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I ate everything my parents gave me (and my mom cooks well so it wasn't like I was making special efforts :D). My brother however refused to eat a lot of stuff for like the 15 first years of his life, haha, my mom had to cook something on the side just for him. I now eat much worse than back then, thinking about it :/
Edit: Also thought it was about whether you can afford food for your kids, I was like "oh shit, that's heavy".
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I was never a picky eater, probably because like some people said earlier it was eat what's on your plate or not at all. I remember one time when I was like 5 I really didn't want to eat the plums my mom got for us (I had never tried plums before, they looked suspicious to me) so I sat at the table for 45 minutes not being allowed to leave until I ate one and of course I liked it. Tbh I'm really grateful I got a home cooked dinner almost every day (my mom stayed at home because 4 kids) and I'm glad they were strict about eating what was made. My nephew comes over ever now and then and his parents have to bargain with him for like ten minutes per meal with the "Eat 3 more bites of chicken and 2 pieces of broccoli then you're excused" stuff which is super common. Then when he's hungry thirty minutes later he gets a cookie but oh well. Ironically I'm transforming into a foodie as I get older lol
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I was never a picky eater, there was some stuff I didn't like but I was raised to clear my plate always and without question.
Which is what should be done. Food has to be respected.
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I initially thought this was going to be a poverty thread.
I'm a White New Zealander, I was pretty good at eating what was on my plate. Usually I was given enough food so that I wouldn't feel hungry even if I didn't eat the things I didn't like (Silverbeet, Pumpkin, Rhubarb) so I never had to eat it out of necessity. The fact that I wasn't allowed dessert unless I ate my veggies usually convinced me to endure, though.
Now I eat basically anything, except rhubarb which I don't eat out of stubbornness more than anything (because I was so opposed to it when I was little, I'd feel cheap if I threw in the towel.
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On March 10 2015 11:20 husniack wrote:
This post isn't intended to be racist, but I was thinking, perhaps parents that are immigrants are just happy to have food around so their kids don't act like little turds when being asked to eat?
There's no way you can draw that conclusion. Why would it be limited to immigrants? Don't you think it's more of "being able to afford all kinds of food makes you picky about it?"
I mean, even the definition of a picky eater is different wherever you look. Some people say "oh he will only eat chicken nuggets if I remove the breading", others are wondering wtf they even feed him chicken nuggets.
Personally I think every child is a picky eater, some just shut up about it and don't complain, others do. I for one certainly did. Didn't help, but I still demanded chocolate for dinner.
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On March 10 2015 15:16 Dr. ROCKZO wrote: I initially thought this was going to be a poverty thread.
I'm a White New Zealander, I was pretty good at eating what was on my plate. Usually I was given enough food so that I wouldn't feel hungry even if I didn't eat the things I didn't like (Silverbeet, Pumpkin, Rhubarb) so I never had to eat it out of necessity. The fact that I wasn't allowed dessert unless I ate my veggies usually convinced me to endure, though.
Now I eat basically anything, except rhubarb which I don't eat out of stubbornness more than anything (because I was so opposed to it when I was little, I'd feel cheap if I threw in the towel.
You should try rhubarb jam, that stuff is delicious.
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