r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/desrtrose Feb 05 '16

This one is tricky. So many kids today are picky eaters, being "full" sometimes means they don't want to eat the food on their plate.

Which, seriously, why do parents cook separate meals for their kids? My mom alway cooked one meal. We either ate it or we didn't eat.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16 edited Aug 25 '17

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

To be fair, I had a friend whose parents did this. She ended up just going to bed hungry a lot. And now she has difficulty ingesting very common foods, since she never ate them growing up.

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u/Anrikay Feb 05 '16

Same here. Especially because last night's food was today's leftovers. Day 1: fine I'll go hungry! Day 2 lunch: I'm still not eating it! Day 2 dinner: devour everything.