Feeding kid's friends real food

chocaholic110

Have a look round your local school gate too and see the number of kids getting sweets thrust into their hands the second they finish school.

On the plus side, my class has water bottles in school and over the last year I have seena big change in the number of children willing to drink water. At first not many were keen but throughout the year it has become more normal for them to drink it and I only have one who outright refuses. Same with lunchboxes, which seem to be getting healthier, though I admit I do go into lunch and make a big deal over the really healthy lunches. The little ones that I teach are young enough to be influenced and will nag for chicken salad wraps, veg sticks, fruit kebabs etc
The KS2s just give me a funny look and say "so...?"

Peem

Glad to hear there's lots of us "like it or lump it" cruella mums around.

I sometimes feel like I'm the only one. I used to panic a bit when DS wouldn't eat much for a couple of days and feel maybe I should give in and give him junk - at least then he'd be eating. But I stuck it out and I find that he kind of eats in cycles he'll have a few eating days and then a few not eating so much days. He seems to be doing fine.

Even Annabel Karmel claims the cure for a fussy eater is starvation.

I was embarrased though when DS went to my sister's house and when her BF offered squash he was told "I don't like that common juice, have you got the real stuff" - oops. Best be careful how I word things.

tim_n

Not quite on topic but...

Went on a skiing holiday (school trip many moons ago) to America (Stowe - vermont) with the rest of the class. We visited a nice hotel with what I would class as real good home cooked food. Every night I'd easily find something I could and would eat (as would the teachers). But every kid would complain bitterly (remembering they were all about 14-18) and eventually order pizza in the evening.

Fortunately this meant I got eat-all-you-want grub and pleased I was too!

Next year o'course because of the sheer number of complaints 'little jimmy just couldn't eat the junk served' we ended up down the road in an equally nice hotel with chips, burgers and waffles.

Worse still the 2nd hotel didn't have a jacuzzi filled with ski babes like the year before, but nevermind.

Not that I was overly privillaged really.

(the OS was still in me though - discount ben and jerries from the petrol station! $1 a litre!!!)

beachbeth

shell2001 wrote:

What I really dont get is people who let their kids come in from school eat crisps, biscuits, sweets and then are surprised when the kids not want their dinners!! HELLOOOOO!!!!!

I knew someone who fed her toddler chocolate biscuits (she gave him more than I would eat at one time! :eek:) and then half an hour later couldn't understand why he wouldn't eat his tea!!! She said "I don't know! He seems to be off his dinners at the moment"

My trouble is that I have a husband and one daughter who are very fussy. Hubby loves tinned meat and pies (yuck) and fry ups. Luckily though they do like home cooked roasts and shepherds pie. Daughter will eat a shepherds pie but with chicken at the bottom in gravy instead of mince and unbeknown to her, I mash some cauliflower in with her potato too!

Jay-Jay_4

I'll tell you what annoys me! We drink water but have fresh juice in the fridge and for one drink a day (or every other day) we have a glass of half juice and half water for a change. Dds friends ask for a drink so I offer water which they 'don't like' so then I'm being really rather kind in giving them our juice, they swig it down in one go and thrust the glass back under your nose asking for more.

I know it's petty but it annoys me. I may buy a bottle of that cheapo colouring and aspartame that passes as squash for feeding to other people's children.

Topher

When my daughter was eight I took her into Mc D's because she'd been fascinated by her friend's stories of constantly going there. After seeing the menu though, she went a bit quiet and reluctantly opted for fries. The girl serving her leaned over the counter and in true McD's try-to-get-you-to-buy-more style asked "Would you like some Macnuggets with that?" (or whatever Mac cr*** they were pushing that week) Daughter looks up all blonde & blue eyed, and says after due consideration of the proposal, "Yes if you're ready for me to have a MacBarf in your MacToilet."

(Good answer, I thought)

T:D

thriftlady_2

This is exactly what happens in our house Jay Jay. Our juice is on pretty strict rations (twice a day or once if it's a school day). The amount of children who reckon they don't like water never ceases to amaze me :rolleyes: ,and then if i give them unlimited juice I have to give my 3 extra juice too unless I want a riot on my hands.

I say if you don't want water you can't be thirsty.

freyasmum

don't get me started...

there are few things that I am as passionate about as giving my daughter (when she's a bit older - she's only 8 weeks now, lol) good, proper homecooked food and no rubbish.

I was shocked recently when I was at my OH's mums and was asked if I wanted my dinner, it turns out they eat ready meals every night during the week! I was absolutely stunned as his mum makes a proper dinner on Sunday. My boyfriend won't eat beans/peas/sweetcorn at all, thinks he doesn't like potatoes (yet eats chips/waffles/roasts) and he also doesn't like the name quiche - but wolfed down the 'flan' my mum made when his parents were visiting :rolleyes:

When we had our first flat his brother and a friend (who are electricians) were fixing the heating for us and were stunned that I was making HM kievs (chicken fillets, breadcrumbs and fresh garlic butter) and chips (par boiled, sprayed with some oil and ovened) rather than buying some plastic ones and they thought I was mad (it wasn't me that was mad) for 'wasting the time' (the full 5 minutes more it took rather than shove them straight from the freezer). It just goes to show it's how they are raised, although me BF absolutely loves my food.

I am constantly chatting with my mum about how could anyone prefer plastic chemical filled food to good proper food. It makes no sense at all.

Anyway, I had better stop before I take over... I told you not to get me started, lol...

Linzi x

thriftlady_2

Topher wrote:

(Good answer, I thought)

T:D

Brilliant answer :T

anniebooklover

Both my DD and DS have fussy friends - DS's best friend at primary school refused to eat any fruit or veg and lived on sandwiches, pies, meat and anything deep fried. Needless to say he is now overweight and has health problems. :rolleyes:

Any time friends came for dinner (I'm a Scot so I have breakfast, lunch and dinner) they had to eat whatever I made or go hungry. One little girl asked me what cous cous was - then surprised me by scarfing the whole lot down. First thing she told her mum when I took her home was "I like cous cous, why don't you ever make it?".

DD loves fruit and will eat most kinds of fruit but I struggle to get any significant amounts of veg into her. So I tend to make lots of soup and cram as many different vegetables as I can into it then liquidise it. She loves my soup and will happily eat two bowls of soup with some bread for her dinner.

I agree with the the other posters re juice. My two children would drink nothing but water and fruit juices quite happily. Friends tend to want the fizzy stuff but I am slowly encouraging them to drink fruit juice or water when visiting.

I feel sorry for the kids of today who only know processed foods. They are not facing the healthiest of futures.