Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: 52Carl]
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You are his uncle. Are you the "cool uncle" in his eyes? KIds tend to hang on every word of their "Cool Uncle", as opposed to listening to the same old crap from their parents and siblings. Use that to your advantage. Take him to do cool stuff, then sidle into some of the things which he would be benefitted by if he would take the time to listen and try. You may be the only one who has his ear. X2
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: 52Carl]
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02/20/24 10:06 PM
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You are his uncle. Are you the "cool uncle" in his eyes? KIds tend to hang on every word of their "Cool Uncle", as opposed to listening to the same old crap from their parents and siblings. Use that to your advantage. Take him to do cool stuff, then sidle into some of the things which he would be benefitted by if he would take the time to listen and try. You may be the only one who has his ear. I guess I am . His other uncle is kinda (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) and looks at kids like a lot of people look at annoying pets. That being said when I'm around apparently he acts a lot different and listens better according to my gf and sister in laws.might just take a few more trips till he starts lookin at me like the cool uncle lol
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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02/21/24 02:05 AM
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So, if I'm understanding this right, this is a kid of your girlfriends relatives and not your kin?
As I said earlier, I still don't think it's your place to try to fix his eating habits. But if you insist...
I'm a picky eater, always have been and will be. Now, I may not literally starve myself to death but I bet ya I could fast for better than a week before eating most veggies. Because what non-picky eaters don't understand, is it's better to be hungry than eat something that will make you throw up or gag.
But, that's probably not the case with the kid in question, he's probably just spoiled. Nothing wrong with forcing him to try one bite. If the threat of going to bed hungry doesn't do it, the threat of taking away his phone/tv/game/boy scouts/whatever probably will. If he tries a bite of something and pukes or gags, well, duh, don't make him eat that again. If he tries a bite of everything and says he doesn't like any of it, well fine.... he did what you asked. Just thank him for trying and let him be hungry. There are thousands of other foods to let him try the next day.
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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Does he have allerdies?? Had a grand daughter that was a picky eater found out that certain foods made he sick, stomach aches, nausea, headaches . Found out allergic to gluten and dairy products. Allergies have since " disappeared and now is an eating machine
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
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Let him help cook the food. When I babysit my nieces and nephews, and especially for my own kids, they love being invited to help cook (I make it fun.), and by cooking they not only have ownership of what we're having, the smelling the whole time it's cooking, it wakes up their stomachs and makes them ravenous, has worked on picky eaters in the past. Has also introduced a lot of kids to the magic of cooking. I'm a breakfast or grilling guy when I cook. how he's gonna have a really hard awakening one day if they dont stop babying him. Especially if he goes to public school. What school does he go to now if not public school?
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Re: Need some advice with picky kids
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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02/21/24 11:21 PM
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You are his uncle. Are you the "cool uncle" in his eyes? KIds tend to hang on every word of their "Cool Uncle", as opposed to listening to the same old crap from their parents and siblings. Use that to your advantage. Take him to do cool stuff, then sidle into some of the things which he would be benefitted by if he would take the time to listen and try. You may be the only one who has his ear. I guess I am . His other uncle is kinda (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) and looks at kids like a lot of people look at annoying pets. That being said when I'm around apparently he acts a lot different and listens better according to my gf and sister in laws.might just take a few more trips till he starts lookin at me like the cool uncle lol Spending time with him will benefit you as much as it will him. I have done a lot of that in my time. Little league baseball, football, basketball, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and 4-H Rifle Team. I always found that I was drawn to kids who didn't excel right out of the gate. I figured that the kids who were natural talents didn't need me all that much. I never talked down to kids, or show anger or raise my voice. I spoke to them on their level. I pulled them along rather than push them. That tends to lead to a buy-in on their part. After a while they would hang on my every word, just like how a kid does with his favorite uncle. I gave everyone a nickname. Put some thought into each one of them. They ate it up. There is nothing that I find more rewarding than to see a kid finally get it. I'll never forget the smiles on their faces and neither will they. Many of the kids are from broken homes or their dads are away from home in the service, and their moms want them to have a male role model in the kids life. These kids, though problematic at times, are starving for someone to work with them and be praised when they do something praiseworthy. I miss those days.
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