if the kids chuck there dinner in the bin

bonnie_2

Do you let them have anything else. mine are upstairs screaming that they are hungry.
They had pasta and sauce with cheese and chucked it out, i was fuming, they can wait till tea now. they had breakfast and a banana at 11.30.

Gingham_Ribbon

Nope. Nothing till dinner. Tough. Water allowed though. I can't be doing with pointless waste. I won't make him eat anything but he has to wait for anything else.

morganb

Ditto Gingham Ribbon. And I would make mine do chores if they threw their food out; i.e. they can empty out the bin and wash out the kitchen compost bin, too.

rockie4

Same here! Mine are grown up now but DD does the same when her kids won't eat what they're given. Nothing until next meal time.

mary43

I look after a teenager like that. Says he wants dinner, then when dinner is ready changes his mind and says he's not hungry. An hour later he wants something to eat. Knowing what he's like we always plate his up and shove it in the microwave. He'll rant and rave a bit wanting a pizza or something but its a case of 'dinner's there as you asked. Eat is or go without'. It's how I was brought up and I don''t see the point in letting kids rule the roost with food of their liking on demand.
And if they throw away whats on their plate, well in my book they're not really that hungry.

stefejb

dd knows where the bread and cheese is if she really doesn't like dinner but she's pretty unfussy relly

Sola

As I'm about to go out and visit the spoiled nephew-from-hell who plays up on this very issue, I salute all you firm Mums. I can't see you clearing up the plate of dinner they've thrown on the floor, then driving them out to get McDonalds while they have a tantrum.

serena

sola - What???? Absolutely no way!!:eek:

In fact, if my children look at what there is for dinner and complain, then the usual response is 'Fine. Cheese sandwiches tomorrow then'. None of them like cheese...

I don't let them have biscuits very often either. If they are hungry then they'll eat bread and butter. If not, then they don't need the biscuit either...

Yep, fully paid-up member of the Mean Mummy Brigade!:D

PS The three in question are all teenagers, and eat a phenomenal amount anyway.

Sola

Yes way. Unfortunately. I reckon I can get away with a 2-hour visit this year - I don't see them the rest of the time because of the brat's behaviour, and I only go once a year to keep DH happy. The boy really is atrocious and at 8 he's not improving. They get their normal food shopping from Harrods and it goes straight on the floor or in the bin while the kids live on junk food. If he were mine, he'd get my hand across the seat of his pants sharpish. I simply wouldn't tolerate it, but everyone else just accepts it. They're a very strange family indeed - all money and no common sense.

Crazychik

Another one here to agree with Gingham Ribbon!
My kids know better not to waste food!

Peem

I'm with you mean mums.

If they're really hungry they'll eat anything.

(Mine aren't all that bad, just a bit picky)

But I do have to put up with my mum saying "aahhh" and "shame" if it happens when she's around. Good grief, the woman has a short memory. I remember my brother having curry for breakfast when he'd refused to eat it the night before.