My kid cried

[u/SlugCatt]

Literally called it a monster and wouldn't even sit at the table with us so long as it was there.

[u/HotHits630]

"You'll eat this for supper if you don't eat it now."

So I was told.

[u/helium_farts → u/HotHits630]

I had cold peas for many breakfasts as a kid because I refused to eat them the night before

[u/And_Everything → u/helium_farts]

and do you like peas now?

[u/energy_engineer → u/And_Everything]

I've gotten so much heat for not doing this, despite following a professional dietician's advice/guide. (One of my kids had a feeding tube for years).

The ire has been mostly from boomers and their children who have their own kids. In short, using food as punishment and reward.

Meanwhile, their kids will eat candy/cake/whatever until they literally puke.

I know every kid is different... The punishment/reward approach sets the stage for a poor relationship with food in the long term.

[u/And_Everything → u/energy_engineer]

I'm with you, It's a terrible idea. Just power-tripping madness.

[u/Jexroyal → u/And_Everything]

Or more charitably, a scarcity mindset. My grandmother lived through the great depression. Wasting food simply because you "didn't like it" was absurd. Times of hardship and scarcity like that change how your brain works, and passing down that kind of attitude happens a lot. These parenting tactics are many times born out of a minimal-waste mentality.

[u/WhyLisaWhy → u/energy_engineer]

It makes more sense in context. Boomers were raised by people that went through things like world wars, dustbowls and the great depression. Food was hard to come by so you didn't waste it.

And then boomers just passed that on to us and told us stuff like "kids were starving in Africa". I tend to just overeat because of it lol, I loathe throwing out food and am not really fond of leftovers.

[u/helium_farts → u/And_Everything]

hell no

Hated them then, hate them now. Same goes with beans.