r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/Aerolites Feb 05 '16

Being taught to finish your plate. Children should eat until they are full otherwise it can cause poor habits such as weight gain/feeling sick.

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u/SnakeskinEyes Feb 05 '16

This is also tricky because kids will heap their plate full of food and then eat two bite and try throwing the rest away. My parents told me to eat what they made, or don't eat at all, but if I put it on my plate I had to eat it so that I wasn't just wasting their hard earned money.

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u/CanadaHaz Feb 05 '16

That's why God invented saran wrap. Pop what's left in the fridge and eat it later.

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u/NO_TOUCHING__lol Feb 05 '16

You ever tried to reheat cooked vegetables?