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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my daughter can make herself a sandwich or pour a bowl of cereal, but that's not what I'd consider a proper meal. She’s a kid so she doesn’t know how to make full meals. He's the parent and should be taking responsibility for feeding her. When she's with me, I make actual breakfasts—eggs, pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, bacon, etc.—not just tell her to fend for herself. My daughter likes hot meals, so I can’t send pre-made meals.
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You seem to have fairly rigid ideas about what “counts” as breakfast. Your kid can also use the microwave at her dad’s house to warm up food so she can have the “hot meal” you insist she needs.

You seem weird. It also sounds like your daughter may be dealing with learned helplessness, probably as a result of you doing everything for her. [/quote]

Then teen aged athlete needs to grow up. What does she think is going to happen when she is older and mommy doesn't make all her meals?[/quote]

What does being an athlete have to do with things OP? She won’t get far as an athlete if she can’t prepare her own food. Ridiculous! I have a teen athlete who is playing his sport in college. He makes meals. When he gets to college, the coaches will expect him to be independent. His school is small and the dining hall may be closed by the time he returns from practices and games so he will have to figure things out. And he will need to suck it up and eat what is served in the dining hall whenever possible. He won’t have the money to turn his nose up at the options. My SIL catered to my niece like this, OP. When she went to college, she made a big deal that she couldn’t eat in the dining hall so SIL was making her dinners and bringing them to campus at least once a week. And she was paying for her to dine out even though she had a meal plan. [/quote]

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