This made me laugh because I have always been the parent that would serve dessert first if it was a bad day. I did it before I had children, why stop after they came? All of my children’s friends loved to eat at my house. It didn’t happen often, but everyone wanted to stay and see how I was serving dinner if they were over. I found it never caused a problem with the other courses, they still ate their salad, soup and main. Other parents gave me grief, but I never understood why. Their child never went home hungry and they admitted their kid didn’t ask for more or different food when they returned home, so what was the problem?
My mom friends all wanted to control the order in which their little ones ate food. Cookies and other desserts were to be eaten LAST, and the children didn't get to choose what went on their plates. My thought was that controlling food could lead to some "issues" later in life. I'll admit to pointing out the "delicious fruits and vegetables," but I didn't force it. I let them eat in whatever order they chose, since it's all going to the same place anyway! I actually heard mothers explaining to their children that my kids "must have eaten their healthy foods" already, so that's why they had a cookie. BTW, they are grown now - they lived through it!
This made me laugh because I have always been the parent that would serve dessert first if it was a bad day. I did it before I had children, why stop after they came? All of my children’s friends loved to eat at my house. It didn’t happen often, but everyone wanted to stay and see how I was serving dinner if they were over. I found it never caused a problem with the other courses, they still ate their salad, soup and main. Other parents gave me grief, but I never understood why. Their child never went home hungry and they admitted their kid didn’t ask for more or different food when they returned home, so what was the problem?
My mom friends all wanted to control the order in which their little ones ate food. Cookies and other desserts were to be eaten LAST, and the children didn't get to choose what went on their plates. My thought was that controlling food could lead to some "issues" later in life. I'll admit to pointing out the "delicious fruits and vegetables," but I didn't force it. I let them eat in whatever order they chose, since it's all going to the same place anyway! I actually heard mothers explaining to their children that my kids "must have eaten their healthy foods" already, so that's why they had a cookie. BTW, they are grown now - they lived through it!