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murielm99

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3. We were not allowed to be picky, either.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 3, 2019, 01:49 PM

Sep 2019

We had to stay at the table until we cleaned our plates. There were no options.

I remember when my brother would not eat liver. He threw it away. My mother found the liver in the trash and spanked him.

I don't think the strictness about food was done out of meanness. My family had to survive on a budget.

To this day, there are very few foods I will not eat.

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Maybe his situation was more extreme than I can imagine, but I grew up in a home where hlthe2b Sep 2019 #1

Ha! Exactly. We weren't picky because... ret5hd Sep 2019 #2

We were not allowed to be picky, either. murielm99 Sep 2019 #3

Its good to get a balanced diet for sure sdfernando Sep 2019 #5

My parents were strict because murielm99 Sep 2019 #7

Sounds like you are a good parent /nt sdfernando Sep 2019 #8

Same here CDerekGo Sep 2019 #4

Child abuse Mosby Sep 2019 #6

I don't think you can totally blame the parents, in the case of a teenager LeftishBrit Sep 2019 #10

From what I understand, it wasn't just an ordinary 'junk food diet' LeftishBrit Sep 2019 #9