March 27, 2025 at 2:21 pm

Her Kids Refuse To Eat What She Makes For Dinner, So She Refuses To Make Them Something Else. Now They’re Whining To Their Dad To Make Them Something.

by Heide Lazaro

two young girls beside their dad appearing to be frustrated with their food

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It’s so difficult to cook for picky eaters.

This woman has three children who can be very picky when it comes to food; however, she thinks it’s ridiculous to cook them separate meals when they complain about what she’s serving for dinner.

The problem is that her husband is not on the same page and tends to give in to his kids.

Which parent should change their ways, or is it okay if they make different parenting decisions?

Read the story below to find out what happens.

AITA For Telling my husband not to make extra food for our kids anymore?

My husband (40M) and I (40F) have three kids (9F, 8M, 6F).

Whenever I cook, the kids may or may not like it.

If they don’t like it, that’s fine. They can go eat some fruit or something because I’m done.

If they don’t want fruit or something, they’re not hungry.

Her husband cooks them a new meal.

When my husband cooks, sometimes, some of them don’t like it.

It’s usually just the youngest one, in both my case and his case.

If she doesn’t like it, he’ll make a whole other quick meal for her.

That’s fine for him.

The kids learned to keep asking him for a new meal.

But it becomes an issue for me because I refuse to make something else besides what I cooked, then they would say, “But dad does it.”

And my husband will come in and he would cook the complaining person something.

This woman asked him to stop.

I asked him yesterday if he could stop that because I don’t want them thinking they can ask him if I say no.

He said, “It’s food,” and he kind of brushed me off.

That started an argument that we decided we’d just postpone until today.

AITA for wanting him to do this?

I can see how frustrating this is for her. Her husband really needs to stop cooking a second meal for the picky eaters.

Let’s read the reactions of other users to this story on Reddit.

Your frustration seems valid, says this person.

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While this person thinks what she was doing is neglect.

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Here’s another valid point from this person.

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This user thinks the solution is simple.

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Finally, short and straightforward.

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Looks like he’s raising some entitled kids.

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