The moment you stop being the kid that adults try to convince to eat and become the adult that tries to convince other kids to eat, is the pivotal moment after which you know your life is never going to be the same. You've matured, you've grown, and you are no longer disgusted by foods that are the color green.
With that maturity, and your acceptance that you are no longer a kid, you learn just how annoying kids truly are, and how dealing with them can be a pain, especially in the food department. What they want to eat, what they refuse to eat, when and where, kids are so overly specific, it is actually surprising how they don't starve.
The 16-year-old daughter in this Reddit story, who almost everyone would agree is still a kid, found herself babysitting her two younger siblings for several days while her parents were stuck on a business trip. While alone with the kids, she found herself struggling to make them something they agreed to eat until she gave up altogether and refused to comply with their demands. The parents finally returned days later and were angry to learn about what happened while they were away…
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