I remember getting annoyed anytime my parents touched anything on my plate to make it easier for me to eat.
like the food looks delicious and then someone else starts mixing it up or taking large delicious chunks of meat and cutting them up to 'make it easier'
today i see my friends give their card to their 2-4 year olds to make payments, 'help out' mopping the floor, name every car brand they see (that helps for some reason?), etc.
treat your kid with their understanding of seriousness, it means the world to them
It's not just meaningful....it's critical to their development and future ability to behave (like an adult) in public.
People not doing this during Covid is WHY the Gen Z stare exists, and why they can't count change or the myriad other little social niceties people complain about them for online.
It's not their fault: they are ignorant because society never showed them how.
Or they forgot during Covid. A year of lack of doing stuff in society is a long time for a kid age 7 to 13. Mine still can't do things they did just fine before lockdown.
My parents and grandparents are still the worst about this. I get that they are trying to be welcoming or whatever, but I can literally see the spread for myself, I don't need them to suggest that I try this that and the other thing, I'm 40 years old and I know what I want to eat. They are still always putting stuff on my plate that I don't want to eat.
I've spoken with them about stuff like this many times, but it never makes a difference, to them I'm the one being difficult for having boundaries.
personally, i don't mind that. i just hit 26 and i only go home once a year. sitting next to my grandfather for dinner is always the best. he keeps scooping something into my plate.
im count every single calorie, but it really makes my day. to each their own ofcourse.
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