Kid is going to find that skill VERY useful later in life.

I spilled coffee on my laptop :)))))))

Not a bad outcome. Sadly anyone can don an outfit that looks like a cops.

I wish I could upvote this one more than once, this one is the best

this rule is a little gross though! like i get why its a thing but i don't really like it

Terrible parenting actually... every kids knows exayctly how much it can eat and shouldn´t be forced to eat more. it can lead to obesity and it is just wrong to be this forceful.

This rule still makes me so mad. It doesn't even make any sense because, until a certain age, kids don't even choose the size of their portion. How is it healthy to teach a child to continue eating even though they're already full? Shouldn't the lesson be: Don't fill more on your plate than you can actually eat and if you're still hungry after you finished your plate, you may have more. We shouldn't waste food but we also shouldn't force someone to eat more than they can swallow. My father did this to me all the time, especially when it came to meat. I'd tell him, I didn't want more and he would still put more on my plate and then be mad at me for refusing to finish it. This doesn't do anything else than create unhealthy eating habits and resentment.

Worst rule EVER teaches bad food behavior/relationship with food. No one can decide how much food should eat.

The rule is fine if you dish up your own food, but totally unfair if someone else is dishing up for you. Yes you might take too much the first time and then realize and adjust accordingly the next time, but if your parent is just dishing up the same amount every time you're not learning anything.

This is how you instill an eating disorder

..and let's overlook that no amount of therapy helps my brain to acknowledge that I am full and I won't be punished for not finishing everything on my plate.

Its such a stupid rule! All you teach kids is to ignore their body signal when they are full. This leads to over eating and adult obesity. Dad's a jerk.

That 'rule' is the culprit of a lot of minor obesity and ill health.

My father was like this, especially in restaurants where his harangues were particularly embarrassing. I'm 62 and I still vomit after eating in a restaurant. Please don't do this to your kids.

This is one of the reasons we have a problem with obesity... Not teaching your kids to listen to their bodies telling them whether they're still hungry or not. It makes no sense. I get that it's coming from a time where there wasn't so much food around and it was important to get all the nutrients available.

Shouldn't be a rule in the first place and glad your dad learned his lesson

If you’re going to enforce a rule like that… then I get to choose what foods and how much of the foods go on my plate.

I feel it is so important to teach kids to listen to their bodies. "Eating all of what you are served" is why so many Americans are obese.

This rule can instill eating disorders in people!

Our rule was you finish your plate if you served yourself. If someone else served the food that rule didn't apply. unless you were a guest at someone else's house. Ur unless we were in Egypt where you're supposed to leave a little food to show you're full. Unless you're eating at a farmers house in Egypt - they don't usually do that.

This has happened in so many families. I herad this story over and over again. My own grandmother stopped forcing my mother and uncle to finish what wa son their plates after they both threw up once.

Good! Thats a stupid rule (it happened to my sister and she vomited all over the hag that was forcing beets down her throat)

My Parents and grandparents enforced the clean plate rule now I'm in my 60's and obese as hell....

Force your kids to over eat !atta dad.!!

My dad had that rule when I was little. When I pointed out that I wasn't the one who put that much food on the plate, all that did was lose my TV privileges for a week.

"don't listen to your body. If the serving size is too much for you, then oh well I guess you're doomed to eat yourself to death"

I don't understand why parents (usually dads) are so dead set on having this rule. You're just creating an unhealthy relationship with food.

That is a really stupid rule as long someone else filled the kids plate and glass! But a smart rule if the kid constantly overfill and then don’t eat up in order to teach it’s better to take small portions several times until you are actually full instead of throwing food away.

Happened to me too, lol.

I did that to my father too... 🤣🤣🤣

When I was 3 my mom said, once, there are starving children elsewhere. When she walked away, I found a box, put plate inside, and told her we needed to send it. And time I sat at the table until my parents had to go to bed. I was a bit cheeky, but I never power struggle about food that way with my child.

i did this at maybe age 10. my dad cooked chipped beef on toast and tried to force feed me. i promptly threw up on the plate.

Serves him right lol

my dad did that. my older brother learned how to do that on purpose. he learned by the time i came around.

This happened to me twice and the rule still stands.

Wish I had thought of that, cuz. that was The Rule at our dinner table! (Brother had the dog on this side!)