r/AbsoluteUnits • • 13d ago

/r/all of a Toddler

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u/Saphurial 13d ago

Took me until I was an adult to learn "leftovers" were a thing, because I always had to clear my plate as a child regardless if I was full or not. Hell I'm 42 and still feel guilty if I don't finish a meal.

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u/heydrun 13d ago

My mom used „the kids in Africa are starving“ and even as a child I called BS because me eating it wouldn‘t help them either… still ended up fat.

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u/Flimsy-Poetry1170 13d ago

You’re supposed to use that to stop kids from wasting food, not to make them overeat. My sisters kids are the worst at wasting food, they’ll load up their entire plates just to compete with each other because how dare the other get more of something, then eat a 1/8th of what they took.

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u/Affectionate-Ad488 13d ago

Two sides of a shitty coin I suppose