Teenagers who think famine=lack of snack foods

[elijahboy]

I couldnt see depriving a child of food.

Kinda sounds like neglect or a really awful punishment.

I would assume you and your family do not fast from food at all? Try it a couple times and I bet they'll change their tune!

 

[elijahboy]

LOVE IT.................................

I keep the food disguised....as INGREDIENTS! LOL

Baffles the boys every time

 

[FarmerDenise]

I got tired of hearing that: "there is nothing to eeeeat!" line. Started taking DD to the store, gave her $20 and told her she could spend it on anything she wanted, but she was going to have to make it last til the next shopping trip a week away and I did not want to hear any whining during that week. Of course she went crazy the first few times and got ice cream and cookies and chips and ate them all up in the first 2 days. Her father and I stuck to our guns though. Eventually she learned to shop better and made it last longer. She learned also, why we couldn't have steak for dinner every night with tater tots and fresh green beans (one of her favorites).
I would still get to hear the occasional "there is nothing to eat", but she learned how much food costs, how to budget and how to make stuff herself to make it last.

this approach did NOT work with DSS :/ He just wouldn't eat or go to grandma's house

 

[xpc]

I got tired of hearing that: "there is nothing to eeeeat!" line. Started taking DD to the store, gave her $20 and told her she could spend it on anything she wanted...

She obviously was old enough to go to the store and get bread but you must qualify her age as I always sent my boy to the tobacco shop with a note when he was 10 but he also got a 5th for what ailed him - or was that my dad that sent me back in the 60's?

 

[FarmerDenise]

I got tired of hearing that: "there is nothing to eeeeat!" line. Started taking DD to the store, gave her $20 and told her she could spend it on anything she wanted...

She obviously was old enough to go to the store and get bread but you must qualify her age as I always sent my boy to the tobacco shop with a note when he was 10 but he also got a 5th for what ailed him - or was that my dad that sent me back in the 60's?

I started giving DD the $20, when she was around 12 and she was with me at the grocery store.
Now when I was a kid and was sent to the store to get dad's cigarettes or beer, I often got a "kinder beer" for myself
I usually shared it with my younger sister and brother.

 

[xpc]

I couldnt see depriving a child of food.

Kinda sounds like neglect or a really awful punishment.

Was this meant tongue in cheek?

Last month my boy finally visited me after being in the Army for 2 years. I stocked up on canned "beef a roni" he love it as it was always his favorite. Before that and while still in his tender teenage years we always ate ready eats and burgers as tall as you could stack them.

One of the things I did was buy a vacuum sealer and make many single serving frozen meals for lunches and diner. The key is to make it easy to prepare and eat when you are hungry so as not to resort to boxed nitrites.

 

[elijahboy]

i was referring to making your kids fast from food

NO HUMOR attached to it

I couldnt see depriving a child of food.

Kinda sounds like neglect or a really awful punishment.

Was this meant tongue in cheek?

Last month my boy finally visited me after being in the Army for 2 years. I stocked up on canned "beef a roni" he love it as it was always his favorite. Before that and while still in his tender teenage years we always ate ready eats and burgers as tall as you could stack them.

One of the things I did was buy a vacuum sealer and make many single serving frozen meals for lunches and diner. The key is to make it easy to prepare and eat when you are hungry so as not to resort to boxed nitrites.

 

[Blackbird]

I couldnt see depriving a child of food.

Kinda sounds like neglect or a really awful punishment.

I would assume you and your family do not fast from food at all? Try it a couple times and I bet they'll change their tune!

Seriously?

I wasn't referring towards forcing your kid to fast for weeks at a time. I personally believe that fasting is very healthy and teaches one self discipline, no matter what religion, beliefs, etc.

It also makes a person realize how well off they are, or what others must endure.

http://www.fasting.com/index.html

Fasting, yoga, and meditation are just several of the things I do for my health and spiritual enlightenment.

A simple fast from a single meal/all meals for a day never killed anyone, health issues not included.

 

[elijahboy]

A fast is typically one day (24 hours) or more. Wasnt aware you were speaking of simply missing a meal. We rarely ever eat lunch. To me thats just missing a meal.

I couldnt see depriving a child of food.

Kinda sounds like neglect or a really awful punishment.

I would assume you and your family do not fast from food at all? Try it a couple times and I bet they'll change their tune!

Seriously?

I wasn't referring towards forcing your kid to fast for weeks at a time. I personally believe that fasting is very healthy and teaches one self discipline, no matter what religion, beliefs, etc.

It also makes a person realize how well off they are, or what others must endure.

http://www.fasting.com/index.html

Fasting, yoga, and meditation are just several of the things I do for my health and spiritual enlightenment.

A simple fast from a single meal/all meals for a day never killed anyone, health issues not included.

 

[Blackbird]

I wasn't, but if her family eats every meal, starting at fasting one meal might make her kids change their opinion. And fasting isn't just 'skipping a meal', it's also abstaining from that which others often indulge in and take for granted, if not much more.

As for skipping meals, I'm also on a different meal agenda, only eating two meals a day.