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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand people who bring food and make others heat it up for you or people who bring food only for a member of their family.

I have a kid who has food allergies and is extremely picky. He won’t  eat Turkey, gravy, cranberry, masked potatoes, green beans, or salad. Since he was little we had him eat before we arrived then had snacks in the car if the event was several hours long. I served him a plate with a little bit of most things. He learned to move the food around on his plate. He would eat some bread and butter. He serves himself now and does the same.

Obviously family realizes he doesn’t eat much but we realize it is teaching him it is polite thing to do. Taking out your own container of food is always going to be seen as odd. [/quote]

You are making your son feel like a burden, someone whose existence is shameful, and not to be tolerated. SNACKS IN THE CAR? You are a terrible, terrible parent. [/quote]

Totally disagree. PP is polite and not putting the burden on the host. You sound like my cousin whose husband brought ham cubes to a Passover Seder and fed them to his 4 and 5 year olds at the table. At a Passover-observant house. Extraordinarily rude and offensive. He should have fed his kids ham outside the house or better yet fed them ahead of time. My kids were 2 and 4 at the time, also picky, and they got a snack earlier so they could make it through the Seder. If they didn’t like what was served oh well, they either ate some anyway or ate something later in the evening. 
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You have to know this is in no way the same scenario, right?![/quote]

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