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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is probably an American thing.  I have realized that other people's kids would come to our house for a party, pile up their plates with food and then throw most of it away.

I saw the same behavior when the kids went to their day-care.  Kids would pour out milk in the sink because their teachers told them that if they don't want to drink their milk they need to pour it out in the sink.  They made the kids throw away uneaten lunch in the lunchbox before packing it back in their bags. Just NO.     I told the daycare that I do not want uneaten food to be thrown away. I want to know how much food my kids consume and what they don't like.   Also, only pour milk if they want it, and no more than 2 oz at a time.  Tell them that they will pour more if the kids want it.  Why pour out a full glass of milk?

In my home, when I saw that parents stood around like dumpf oafs watching their kids waste food, I stepped in.  I would say -[i] "In our house, we do not waste food.  If you take food, you have to finish it.  So, I will give you a small sample of anything you want to taste, if you like it, only then I will serve you a small size.  You are allowed to take as many refills as you want, but you have to eat it.  If you love something a lot and would like to take some back home, I will also gladly pack food for you to take home."[/i]

I didn't care what the parents thought about it.  It was not as if there was any reciprocity that I had to worry about it.  I organized, I cooked and I fed them.  I very much was going to  be the hostess who was raised in my non-American culture.  We are generous and hospitable hosts but we do not waste food.

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You are still way, WAY more wasteful than me.  I tell people- children and adults alike- in my home, "in this house, we do not waste food.  If you take food, you have to finish it."  I will offer one spoonful of food at a time, and once they swallow the spoonful, if they can open up and show me that they have not pocketed the food in the corner of their mouth, I will allow them a second spoonful.  Milk (or wine, for adults) would NEVER be poured 2oz at a time.  Are you joking?   I use shot glasses for our guests and fill them to the 1oz line with beverage.  They can refill as many times as they want, but 1oz at a time is my limit.  I also stand outside of the bathroom and pass them a square of toilet paper at a time (half a square for anyone under 10) and if they tell me they need a second square, that's fine, I'll give them one.  They just have to ask. This is my home and we do not waste![/quote]

Exactly! DCUM control freaks at their finest!

Love this thread about how spending on luxury vacations won’t spoil Larla, but that damn guacamole at Chipotle will. I think this goes down in the annuls of lore here with my favorite thread about how you’ve spoiled your terms if they don’t make their own doctor’s appointment at age 13+. [/quote]

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