Picky kids coming to visit - now I've seen it all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not ask the kids what they will eat before making it?

I've done that. The kid who scraped the toppings off her pizza had specifically asked for pizza before coming to our house. In fact, I shelved the original dinner plan so I could accommodate her pickiness.

Stop being so judgemental. The kid liked the pizza - you need to get over the fact that the kid didn’t eat all of it. How do you even have time to stare at what the kids are eating anyway? I’m super surprised that anyone comes to eat at your house.

Offer a good variety of foods and don’t judge and don’t offer anything else and you should be good. I’d add to your meals - some fruit, maybe some cheese cubes or sliced and put out a loaf of white bread and a jar of peanut butter and jelly and you should be good.

I’ve never eaten meat in my life (since I was two) and I too would scoff at your roasted chicken or your hot dogs but I’d definitely eat the salad and French fries .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Here’s what I’ve made. If you’re hungry, you’ll eat it.”

I used to ‘not eat it’ as that was all my mother provided and I got so thin and malnourished I got severe anemia.
Try again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From your complaint, it’s Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Kid won’t eat your “fancy” meals and you complain. Kid won’t eat crappy kid food and you complain.
Honestly I think you’re being too sensitive. Kids comment. Who cares? Put out a few things and if they’re hungry they’ll find something. If not, oh well.

I guess my expectation is that kids won't complain when served food at the house of someone they barely know. Basic manners, y'know?

Really?? Manners and ‘y’know’ do not go together.

Neither of you should be near children. Y’know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my biggest pet peeves is kids who come to our house and refuse to eat anything we serve. When we first moved here from Europe, we would serve our kids' friends (ranging in age from 8 to 12) whatever we were eating - pasta bolognese, roasted chicken and potatoes with herbs, salad. We soon realized that our kids friends' -- at least the ones who'd grown up in the US -- wouldn't touch any of it. So we started simplifying their meals, only serving plain pasta, hamburgers, pizza, hot dogs. That works most of the time. (Well, except for the kid who scrapes all the toppings off a plain pizza and cuts off the crust, in the end only eating 40% of each slice and throwing the rest away.) [b]Anyway... today we had some more kids over [i]and I made hot dogs and oven french fries. Sure winner, right? Nope. One of the kids, upon seeing the food, immediately declares: I don't like french fries. The only french fries I like are the home made ones.

Please, can someone unroll my eyes out of the back of my head?

Okay - come on - none of these kids ever come to your house twice, right? They come once and never come back, yes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From your complaint, it’s Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Kid won’t eat your “fancy” meals and you complain. Kid won’t eat crappy kid food and you complain.
Honestly I think you’re being too sensitive. Kids comment. Who cares? Put out a few things and if they’re hungry they’ll find something. If not, oh well.

I guess my expectation is that kids won't complain when served food at the house of someone they barely know. Basic manners, y'know?

Really?? Manners and ‘y’know’ do not go together.

Neither of you should be near children. Y’know?

You’re funny.

[Anonymous]

You want the real answer? It’s because American parents coddle their children from birth and let them get away with this ridiculous behavior on the basis that they are “picky” eaters. And unfortunately those children grow into adults with extremely limited palates. That’s one of the main reasons the dining options is this country are so atrocious, generally speaking, and you have to go to a fine dining restauarant for a decent meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You want the real answer? It’s because American parents coddle their children from birth and let them get away with this ridiculous behavior on the basis that they are “picky” eaters. And unfortunately those children grow into adults with extremely limited palates. That’s one of the main reasons the dining options is this country are so atrocious, generally speaking, and you have to go to a fine dining restauarant for a decent meal.

What a giant pile of drivel this is.

[Anonymous]

It's weird how some people have so few substantive issues in their lives that they post about what their kids friends eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not ask the kids what they will eat before making it?

Oh, well, gee I don't know... maybe because some adults don't believe in catering to kids like we're their servants?

I don't run a restaurant. If they don't want or don't eat much of what I make, there's likely food at home.

Ds has a very picky friend. I put out one thing (at least) I know he likes. He will eat again at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You want the real answer? It’s because American parents coddle their children from birth and let them get away with this ridiculous behavior on the basis that they are “picky” eaters. And unfortunately those children grow into adults with extremely limited palates. That’s one of the main reasons the dining options is this country are so atrocious, generally speaking, and you have to go to a fine dining restauarant for a decent meal.

What a giant pile of drivel this is.

It's actually very truthful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you say scraped the toppings off the pizza I'm assuming you made the error of ordering pizza with gross shite on top. That was your bad.

Wrong. Plain pizza. Cheese and tomato sauce.

OK, so how do you scrape the toppings of a plain cheese pizza? Did you mean that the kid scraped the cheese off and ate some crust?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you say scraped the toppings off the pizza I'm assuming you made the error of ordering pizza with gross shite on top. That was your bad.

Wrong. Plain pizza. Cheese and tomato sauce.

Exactly how do you scrape off toppings if there are none? I think you are looking for problems.

[Anonymous]

OP is a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's weird how some people have so few substantive issues in their lives that they post about what their kids friends eat.

And yet you had time to read the post and respond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When you say scraped the toppings off the pizza I'm assuming you made the error of ordering pizza with gross shite on top. That was your bad.

Wrong. Plain pizza. Cheese and tomato sauce.

Exactly how do you scrape off toppings if there are none? I think you are looking for problems.

The girl scraped off the sauce and the cheese and cut off the crust, and dumped it all in a huge discard pile on her plate. All she ate was the tiny triangle of base that was left. As a result, she ended up taking way more slices than I had accounted for, and I came into the kitchen to hear the girls fighting because all the pizza was gone and they were still hungry. These are 10 year old girls, not toddlers.