Teen obsessed with ordering food/eating out

[Anonymous]

jfc, the sodium content of these meals…

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a 15 yr old who doesn't drive obsessed with drive thrus? She's getting that experience somewhere to keep asking for it. Why would she demand Starbucks for breakfast if there is no history of it? Something is missing here.

She’s 15 - how would she not know about drive-thrus? Do you have kids that are not infants?

No my kids aren't that young, my oldest is a teen. Be we almost never go thru a drive thru so they never ask as we're driving by them. A family with a habit of stopping often would make more sense for the kid begging for it. They don't ask for things they aren't used to in the first place.

Of course they do! Teens are extremely easily influenced. My neighbors growing up got take out all the time and were so jealous of them! My mother would make us a nice home made meal and we would wanting the neighbors KFC.

Hopefully once she starts earning her own money she is more aware - once I started working I was always calculating how many hours of work it would take to pay for something, and it really made aware of how much things cost.

Teens absolutely ask for things that they see their friends getting even if they aren't used to getting that thing at home. What a weird idea.

My teen loooves Starbucks. I can count on my hands the number of times I've ever stepped foot in one. Same with Chipotle.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you guys eat meals together as a family? Is there cooked food available to her for lunch and such? What is in the house as an alternative?

Teens can cook. They don’t need “cooked food” available. They need ingredients.

So everyone just makes their own dinner then? No wonder she orders food.

What? No. Usually DH or I cook and we all eat together. But my DD can cook and does so happily if we are not around for whatever reason. She is good at it and enjoys it. If your child can’t make grilled cheese or scrambled eggs at a minimum, that is a massive parenting fail.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a 15 yr old who doesn't drive obsessed with drive thrus? She's getting that experience somewhere to keep asking for it. Why would she demand Starbucks for breakfast if there is no history of it? Something is missing here.

She’s 15 - how would she not know about drive-thrus? Do you have kids that are not infants?

No my kids aren't that young, my oldest is a teen. Be we almost never go thru a drive thru so they never ask as we're driving by them. A family with a habit of stopping often would make more sense for the kid begging for it. They don't ask for things they aren't used to in the first place.

You have teens and are asking how/why a teen would be interested in things their family didn't/doesn't do? Something is missing here.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a 15 yr old who doesn't drive obsessed with drive thrus? She's getting that experience somewhere to keep asking for it. Why would she demand Starbucks for breakfast if there is no history of it? Something is missing here.

She’s 15 - how would she not know about drive-thrus? Do you have kids that are not infants?

No my kids aren't that young, my oldest is a teen. Be we almost never go thru a drive thru so they never ask as we're driving by them. A family with a habit of stopping often would make more sense for the kid begging for it. They don't ask for things they aren't used to in the first place.

You have teens and are asking how/why a teen would be interested in things their family didn't/doesn't do? Something is missing here.

I specifically said drive thrus, how did you get to "interested in things their family doesn't do" That's quite a leap, did you pull a muscle doing that? My kids would know they are barking up the wrong tree asking for take out all day everyday. They aren't obsessed with take out food and acting like a toddler having a tantrum over it. This is not a normal situation, most kids aren't that food obsessed. My teen doesn't even eat breakfast and spends every last possible moment sleeping. He's not whining to go to Starbucks before school when there would never be time and that's something we don't do. Something else is going on with this kid, it's like some kind of compulsion or binge eating disorder.