Have you ever lied to your kids about food?

@MLLanser (162)
United States
July 2, 2007 9:23pm CST
By this, I mean have you ever told them that a certain food was something different to get them to eat, or not to eat a certain food? Here is an example... There used to be a 7-11 down the street that had these awesome bakery wrap things, it was like bread with pepperoni in the middle of it, and I didnt want to share with the kids. So I ended up telling them it was squirrel to try to get them not to like it. It didnt work, and they always wanted a bite of it when I got it!
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kthygrl
@kthygrl (26)
• United States
3 Jul 07
Yes I have lied to my children about certian foods being something else. My favorite one is telling them that fried fish are chicken nuggets.Because they won't even try the fish if they knew what it was.Its even better when they actually like it and then you tell them what it really is then you get the satisfaction of saying I told you, you would Like it!!!
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MLLanser
@MLLanser (162)
• United States
3 Jul 07
Yup, I have done that with my middle child, had him eat sushi or something like that without telling him what it was. Then he says he likes it, it is like victory!
Illinois_shy_girl
@Illinois_shy_girl (123)
• United States
3 Jul 07
yep, but like house says everyone lies. can not help it my kids do not know the differents, they are the one that are incuraging me to lie. Because they give me such a hard time when I cook. and me being me just wants out of the kichen so yes. I lied and lied. what ever it took lol.
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MLLanser
@MLLanser (162)
• United States
3 Jul 07
Sometimes kids dont seem to understand that they cannot just eat the things that they like. I keep telling mine that when I was a kid, we ate what was cooked or we went hungry. There were not the choices that kids seem to have today.
ctv101103
@ctv101103 (859)
• Philippines
3 Jul 07
yes, i have a few times. i do this if the food isn't for babies/toddlers (e.g., soda, candies, etc). i just tell my daughter it's spicy. she'll then stop asking for it.
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freak369
@freak369 (5113)
• United States
4 Jul 07
LOL!!! I used to have to tell them that fish sticks were chicken because none of them wanted to eat fish. We had a huge fish tank and they thought I was dragging the fish out of the tank and cooking them up. The funniest part was when the oldest was starting to read and he saw the huge box of fish sticks in the freezer. I had to give him a dollar to keep him quiet and not tell the other kids. To this day it is a long running joke with everyone about the "fishy chicken sticks".
butterfly39
@butterfly39 (3904)
• Philippines
3 Jul 07
NO...hehehe..I have three kids, and I make sure that my kids can eat all the food that I cook for them. Sometimes my eldest daughter went to her grandfather, and we cooked banana, so what I did...I left something for her so she can still eat it when she arrives. Food is for the whole family of course.
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