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“Pretentious Foodie” New Mom Doesn’t Understand Why Kid’s Menus Exist, So Parents Hilariously Explain It To Her
You make a lot of promises when you become a parent. To dress their tushies in the finest cotton, to get their hands on age-appropriate toys for learning, and to eat organic whole foods with none of that GMO crap. Fast forward a few mental breakdowns, and your child is devouring a chocolate Easter egg from last year he just scraped off your car’s floor mat. So when a new mom who’s also a “pretentious foodie” publicly declared her precious one won’t be eating from kid’s menus, tempered parents from all over the internet started bringing her back to reality. Scroll down to check out what they had to say!
(h/t scarymommy)
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A new mom who’s also a “pretentious foodie” publicly declared her precious one won’t be eating from kid’s menus
Image credits: Emily Burnett (not the actual photo)
So tempered parents from all over the internet started hilariously bringing her back to reality
Image credits: quiddle (not the actual photo)
What do you think ?
Laugh Fan 6 years ago
My favourite line from the ones above 'I remember what a great parent I was before I had kids...' Good luck mum, you are going to need it.
Daria B 6 years ago
That's my favourite too. Also very relatable. I'm now raising a very ambitious non existent child. ♥
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Marcus Heslop 6 years ago
Funny though some of these replies are it strikes me as a bit odd that these children are so picky. You eat what you are given as a child and develop your own likes and dislikes over time. It seems the parents in these replies gave up too early and gave them junk food. A lot of the replies seem to miss the real stupidity of the 'pretentious foodie mom' in that it's a complete waste of money ordering from the regular menu for a child as a lot of it will be wasted. If you really loved food and where it came from you wouldn't allow such waste.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
And if a kid doesn't like something, that's not the hill you should die on anyway. As long as they're willing to taste everything you give them, it's a Good Thing. One paediatrician summed it up this way, "No kid ever wilfully starved itself to death." ...///... My mother absolutely refused to cook different meals for different people in the house. She was too busy for that nonsense.
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Aunt Messy 6 years ago
People freak out about what kids will eat. I know several kids who have never eaten off the kiddie menu and happily eat what their parents are having. NOT ONE of these parents ever did anything different. These parents don't have garbage like Kraft dinner in the house. They don't buy preprepared frozen anything. When they go out to eat, the kids can pick what they like off the menu and no one drops dead because there aren't any chicken fingers at the French restaurant. ...///.... ONLY American parents feed their kids garbage instead of adult food. That's twisted. Having spent a lot of time in France, I have to say that whenever I see a kid melt down in a restaurant, it's with an American family.
kate h 6 years ago
This describes my parents. You ate what was cooked - it didn't even occur to us (5 kids) to ask for something else. The only 'battles' were over peas. We all hated peas. Mom gave in on that one and the rotation was broccoli, carrots, corn, (yeah I know that's not a great one), salad, and zucchini. We didn't go to nice restaurants often, but when we did we were excited because we got to have steak and sometimes shrimp. On the other hand, breakfast was bad: Allllll the cereal full of sugar because we could fix it ourselves, or packaged cinnamon rolls that didn't require anything heat related. I was excited when I was allowed to make toast, which I promptly doused with butter and cinnamon-sugar. LOL If my oldest sister watched us while the parents went out, it was burgers and rice-a-roni. We loved that s**t.
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Random Panda 6 years ago (edited)
....Maybe it's just me but it always weirds me out when when parents start talking about how their children are so picky about food. My parents didn't tolerate that. They were never super controlling, but that's one thing they didn't compromise on. It helped that they are both good cooks. They did let us order whatever we wanted at restaurants though.
Hans 6 years ago
It is all about balance. Food is not about force, but it surely is about appreciation. And, most importantly, you need to be a good role-model. Parents who all day long chew on Cheetos and have Mars bars for dinner should not expect that their children will be brocoli-lovers. "I am the adult, I decide" is a rather weak argument after all.
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Yolie V. 6 years ago
Most of the world doesn't even understand the concept of a "kid's menu", because the kids eat what everyone eats, period. Here in the West we are doing our children a disservice by kowtowing to their whims of addictive, carb heavy, sugared up instant gratification meals. It pains me to see kids live in such a culturally diverse area and have never eaten anything other than McDonald's and fried chicken fingers. Speaking from personal experience, I know a 12 year old that won't eat anything other than macaroni and cheese, bean and cheese burritos and Top Ramen. And I mean that quite literally. He acts like trying a new food is like being tortured and everyone lets him get away with it. He's probably going to be diabetic before he enters high school. https://nationalpost.com/the-kids-menu https://blog.asha.org/2014/07/03/three-reasons-why-kids-get-hooked-on-kids-meals-and-how-to-change-that/
Maxi 6 years ago
If your Kid doesn't like a thing , you don't need to give fast food. There are a lot of different healthy foods. I have 3 Kids. Maybe they don't like this or that, that's normal. I think it is actually very good, that this women doesn't want to give fast food to her child.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
If they won't eat something, there's no point making it a fight. Just move on to something else. Giving in and making separate meals for everyone in the family is sheer idiocy, though. It's just not worth the fight.
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Stille20 6 years ago
That's a lot of fuss over a mom who hopes her kid won't prefer chicken fingers and mac and cheese to more wholesome food. Naive, but really not worth the backlash.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
If the kid never sees a chicken finger, she won't want them, will she? Why would you even have that c**p in your house? Kids don't "need" ridiculously over price processed garbage, so don't give it to them in the first place.
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Dan Vining 6 years ago
My dad was a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese for most of the war, went from two hundred and ten pounds to ninety pounds in the first three months after being captured in the fall of Manila. There was very little talk about what we liked or didn't like around the dining table. "Hey look, it's not a rat!"
Inas Sondreck 6 years ago (edited)
I'm from Germany, so ma grandparents as well as my parents knew/know the times when food was a problem, and not because there was so much of it that you couldn't decide what to eat. So our parents were a bit like that, too, "Eat what's there as long as it's there and be happy that there's real food at all." We weren't/aren't picky when it comes to food. I was born in 1990.
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Toni Heyoka 6 years ago
cant believe all these moms feed their kids so much c**p. That's child neglect in my view. Surely they can figure out a way of ensuring their kids get the nutrition they need.
Erin 6 years ago
I have a feeling these parents are exaggerating for comedic effect. Surely their kids eat other things too, or else they probably wouldn't be alive.
Load More Replies... Vic 6 years ago
I think trying to get kids taste everything is the key. My 3 year just refuses to even try a new food item. Most of the times I insist till he tries, and many times he starts liking a new dish.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
At three, you can make a deal with him. Ten minutes of extra TV or an extra book at bedtime if he has a good solid bite of the new food. Kids that age LOVE to bargain. It makes them feel in control.
Load More Replies... Laugh Fan 6 years ago
My favourite line from the ones above 'I remember what a great parent I was before I had kids...' Good luck mum, you are going to need it.
Daria B 6 years ago
That's my favourite too. Also very relatable. I'm now raising a very ambitious non existent child. ♥
Load More Replies... Marcus Heslop 6 years ago
Funny though some of these replies are it strikes me as a bit odd that these children are so picky. You eat what you are given as a child and develop your own likes and dislikes over time. It seems the parents in these replies gave up too early and gave them junk food. A lot of the replies seem to miss the real stupidity of the 'pretentious foodie mom' in that it's a complete waste of money ordering from the regular menu for a child as a lot of it will be wasted. If you really loved food and where it came from you wouldn't allow such waste.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
And if a kid doesn't like something, that's not the hill you should die on anyway. As long as they're willing to taste everything you give them, it's a Good Thing. One paediatrician summed it up this way, "No kid ever wilfully starved itself to death." ...///... My mother absolutely refused to cook different meals for different people in the house. She was too busy for that nonsense.
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 6 years ago
People freak out about what kids will eat. I know several kids who have never eaten off the kiddie menu and happily eat what their parents are having. NOT ONE of these parents ever did anything different. These parents don't have garbage like Kraft dinner in the house. They don't buy preprepared frozen anything. When they go out to eat, the kids can pick what they like off the menu and no one drops dead because there aren't any chicken fingers at the French restaurant. ...///.... ONLY American parents feed their kids garbage instead of adult food. That's twisted. Having spent a lot of time in France, I have to say that whenever I see a kid melt down in a restaurant, it's with an American family.
kate h 6 years ago
This describes my parents. You ate what was cooked - it didn't even occur to us (5 kids) to ask for something else. The only 'battles' were over peas. We all hated peas. Mom gave in on that one and the rotation was broccoli, carrots, corn, (yeah I know that's not a great one), salad, and zucchini. We didn't go to nice restaurants often, but when we did we were excited because we got to have steak and sometimes shrimp. On the other hand, breakfast was bad: Allllll the cereal full of sugar because we could fix it ourselves, or packaged cinnamon rolls that didn't require anything heat related. I was excited when I was allowed to make toast, which I promptly doused with butter and cinnamon-sugar. LOL If my oldest sister watched us while the parents went out, it was burgers and rice-a-roni. We loved that s**t.
Load More Replies... Random Panda 6 years ago (edited)
....Maybe it's just me but it always weirds me out when when parents start talking about how their children are so picky about food. My parents didn't tolerate that. They were never super controlling, but that's one thing they didn't compromise on. It helped that they are both good cooks. They did let us order whatever we wanted at restaurants though.
Hans 6 years ago
It is all about balance. Food is not about force, but it surely is about appreciation. And, most importantly, you need to be a good role-model. Parents who all day long chew on Cheetos and have Mars bars for dinner should not expect that their children will be brocoli-lovers. "I am the adult, I decide" is a rather weak argument after all.
Load More Replies... Yolie V. 6 years ago
Most of the world doesn't even understand the concept of a "kid's menu", because the kids eat what everyone eats, period. Here in the West we are doing our children a disservice by kowtowing to their whims of addictive, carb heavy, sugared up instant gratification meals. It pains me to see kids live in such a culturally diverse area and have never eaten anything other than McDonald's and fried chicken fingers. Speaking from personal experience, I know a 12 year old that won't eat anything other than macaroni and cheese, bean and cheese burritos and Top Ramen. And I mean that quite literally. He acts like trying a new food is like being tortured and everyone lets him get away with it. He's probably going to be diabetic before he enters high school. https://nationalpost.com/the-kids-menu https://blog.asha.org/2014/07/03/three-reasons-why-kids-get-hooked-on-kids-meals-and-how-to-change-that/
Maxi 6 years ago
If your Kid doesn't like a thing , you don't need to give fast food. There are a lot of different healthy foods. I have 3 Kids. Maybe they don't like this or that, that's normal. I think it is actually very good, that this women doesn't want to give fast food to her child.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
If they won't eat something, there's no point making it a fight. Just move on to something else. Giving in and making separate meals for everyone in the family is sheer idiocy, though. It's just not worth the fight.
Load More Replies... Stille20 6 years ago
That's a lot of fuss over a mom who hopes her kid won't prefer chicken fingers and mac and cheese to more wholesome food. Naive, but really not worth the backlash.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
If the kid never sees a chicken finger, she won't want them, will she? Why would you even have that c**p in your house? Kids don't "need" ridiculously over price processed garbage, so don't give it to them in the first place.
Load More Replies... Dan Vining 6 years ago
My dad was a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese for most of the war, went from two hundred and ten pounds to ninety pounds in the first three months after being captured in the fall of Manila. There was very little talk about what we liked or didn't like around the dining table. "Hey look, it's not a rat!"
Inas Sondreck 6 years ago (edited)
I'm from Germany, so ma grandparents as well as my parents knew/know the times when food was a problem, and not because there was so much of it that you couldn't decide what to eat. So our parents were a bit like that, too, "Eat what's there as long as it's there and be happy that there's real food at all." We weren't/aren't picky when it comes to food. I was born in 1990.
Load More Replies... Toni Heyoka 6 years ago
cant believe all these moms feed their kids so much c**p. That's child neglect in my view. Surely they can figure out a way of ensuring their kids get the nutrition they need.
Erin 6 years ago
I have a feeling these parents are exaggerating for comedic effect. Surely their kids eat other things too, or else they probably wouldn't be alive.
Load More Replies... Vic 6 years ago
I think trying to get kids taste everything is the key. My 3 year just refuses to even try a new food item. Most of the times I insist till he tries, and many times he starts liking a new dish.
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
At three, you can make a deal with him. Ten minutes of extra TV or an extra book at bedtime if he has a good solid bite of the new food. Kids that age LOVE to bargain. It makes them feel in control.
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