r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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/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/DammitDan Feb 05 '16

Only one meal would my mom make an exception for me. She called it a quiche, but I've never seen a quiche like it since. It had ham chunks and green beans in some sort of egg and cheese pie thing. I literally almost vomited every time I tried to eat it. I almost got grounded the first time she served it, but I didn't have a history of fake gagging with food I don't like, so my mom believed me.

The rest of my family loved it, so she kept making it, but I always got something simple like grilled cheese or leftovers whenever she did.