Dads making kids eat....

[fenderbelly]

I used to say to my son '' there are people in Africa starving "

then one day he said ''well give it to them then.''.

He's normal now. LOL

Cheers Fred

[Johncs]

I always eat all my crusts and I have grey air and it is mostly straight. so the advice was BS when i was a kid and I did as my nanna said.



Regards Mike

Au contraire

I ate all my crusts, and now I have a fine crop of hair. While not curly, it has a wave that women pay a fortune to have. Probably, they'd also spend another fortune to change its colour, but I'm happy with grey.

The advice seems okay to me.

[Johncs]

I know one DH (well I have met him a few times) who will not eat vegies at all except pizza?. I wish his dad had forced him to eat everything.
My wife told me they had a fellow at the hospital who was looking at having both his legs removed because off bad diet. He said he had never eaten vegetables and wasn't going to start now. Their parents get a fail. There is a lot more at stake than manners.

I was in hospital a while ago, and one o the others in the ward was a fellow from Jigalong.

The only thing I know of that he ate was oranges, he had plenty of oranges because we all gave him ours.

I don't think he had a shower either. I think his command of English was pretty limited.

Get your google maps out and look up Jigalong.

[Johncs]

I was in hospital a while ago, and one o the others in the ward was a fellow from Jigalong.

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It was pretty much a case of stoneage man meets 21st century. It would have been pretty strange for him.

[Ashore]

Is your husband a victorian , if he is it could answer a lot of you questions ( NSW blokes are far better attuned to whats real in this modern world )

[artme]

Tee-hee-he. Lots of good advice here. I'll just stress out less about his stressing out. Seems it hasn't done you lot any harm.

Oh yeah!! Look at us poor old buggers_ depression, paranoia, guilt, heart problems, nightmares and bad dreams, and probably the odd heavy drinker.

[Lignin]

Yeah, Artie, but we're OLD buggers.Everything wears out, but it always takes longer if the things are properly maintained, and, in our cases, that means an omnivirous diet...fruit, veggies and a bit of meat.
AND, a balanced diet does not mean a pie in each hand!!
Kids of today generally get less exercise, more crap food and less discipline than we "old buggers", and I worry about their future,and, therefore, mine.
Make them "sit up straight, elbows by your sides, don't wave your cutlery about, close your mouth when you chew,don't mash your food, don't put so much in your mouth,don't slurp your soup, don't talk with your mouth full ,eat your vegetables, and don't answer back!!"
Remember that??

[Lignin]

Oh, and what's wrong with a drink or two???

[bille]

I used to tell my kids "If you don't eat it now it will be there in the morning and you can have it with milk and sugar for breakfast" even worked a couple of times

[glenn k]

I used to tell my kids "If you don't eat it now it will be there in the morning and you can have it with milk and sugar for breakfast" even worked a couple of times

I have done this a few times ie make them eat it for breakfast; except I don't let them have sugar on their breakfast.

[tea lady]

T.L.,
There's nothing more pleasant than sharing a table with diners with at least SOME table manners, and nothing less enjoyable than sharing with those with no manners.
I'm an old fuddy-duddy when it comes to table manners.

Manners are OK. Its just that eating with a bloke always telling the kid off for minor (to me ) things isn't that enjoyable.

Is your husband a victorian , if he is it could answer a lot of you questions ( NSW blokes are far better attuned to whats real in this modern world )

Might leave that one alone. (Come to think of it, he grew up in Sydney. )

Oh yeah!! Look at us poor old buggers_ depression, paranoia, guilt, heart problems, nightmares and bad dreams, and probably the odd heavy drinker.

Acshully, I don't think Small-Boy is so bad. He likes salad. He likes tuna, sausages, roo steaks, chicken. Peanut butter sangers. Milo milk Doesn't have lemonade except at parties. Made his Easter chocolate last a week. (I think there is even some left. )

[Lignin]

They're your blokes,Madam Grey,so control is up to you.
Junior Earl sounds fairly well adjusted,if a bit loose with the eating irons, and the Earl is just being an earl!!
Regards,
deBrett

[AlexS]

Regards,
deBrett

Is this pee-rage?

[Lignin]

No, Pee er pressure!!

(A full bladder??)

[tea lady]

No, Pee er pressure!!

(A full bladder??)

Ie: when the small boy can't sit still at the table, but won't admit he needs to visit the small room till he's "REALLY BUSTING".