Last night my eldest daughter protested about meat loaf with pasta and cheesy sauce and steamed veges. Her younger sister quickly followed suit and actually ended up barely touching her meal. Tonight I had leftovers planned - but to switch it up a bit, I thought maybe spaghetti with tomato pasta sauce and meat loaf squares (not too dissimilar to sprag and meatballs which the kids love), but when my 8 year old daughter asked what we were having tonight and I said meat loaf with spaghetti, the crying and screaming and foot stamping started. After that I made a firm decision that I would not be cooking meatloaf with spaghetti or anything else for that matter. Do they deserve a meal when all they do is complain about it?
It's not just meals that the kids regularly complain about, but it's meals that I particularly take issue with. So many children are not eating well - but mine, well they are clearly so well fed that they are happy to reject what is put it front of them.
I don't really think that I had full support from my husband on the issue. He had to come home to a crying eight year old, distraught that she was not having dinner cooked for her and a three year old in time out for putting stones down the toilet. In addition to that, he had to be out the door again in an hour to get to a meeting, so he wasn't impressed that dinner had not materialised and that a scone or a cold meat loaf sandwich was all that was on offer for his evening meal.
My eldest took it upon herself to make toast for her and her siblings which I allowed and was somewhat pleased that when she served the toast, her younger sister told her that she did not want toast for dinner - step into my shoes sister!
I'm not sure if my 'protest to the protests' will pay off. I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens tomorrow night when dinner time comes around...
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