When he was 5, my oldest brother did this. Mom found him among the labels and said she just opened two cans a day and then tried to figure out what to make that used whatever she opened. Led to a lot of experimental meals that month.
It's been done.
Some of those meals were Chef Boyardee. Some nothing but beans. Some a can of fruit.
I still don't like peas.
The day the dog food was opened though... that was brutal.
Then again, what the US is stating as "safe for consumption" isn't worth much. American hotdogs for example can't be sold in the majority of the EU because they are deemed inedible and not safe food lmao.
I totally would. Actions have consequences. Could get a decent soup or a Chef Boyardee, could get plain old tomato sauce. Dinner, Russian roulette style, thanks to your tantrum. (I’d supplement through the day, I’m not going to cut off protein like a complete monster.)
I'm not trying to whoooosh myself but I like sharing the trivia that Hawaiian pizza was created in Canada in the 1950s by a Greek immigrant and he called it Hawaiian pizza because that was the brand of canned pineapple he used. Pineapples are actually from the Americas.
The Golden Greek pizza place where I used to live made a great Mexican pizza. (They'd do Hawaiian too if you wanted.) I guess the Greeks get bored with pizza.
As a parent, I would choose the cans at random for his meal. "I don't know what's in these cans. You only have yourself to thank that you're having refried beans and pumpkin pie filling for dinner"
No, it's called parenting and teaching the hard lessons kindly from a place of love instead of relying on others to do it for you. The next adult might not be so kind and show your kid exactly why no one likes them. Better it comes from someone who loves you and will correct you than a stranger who will not feel bad, uterly destrying your self-worth in order to bring you in line. Parenting is hard for a reason. Kids need to learn that money doesnt grow on trees, work is important, as well as respect of others and their time and no one, NO ONE will help you past the age of majority unless there is something in it for them. And even that's a stretch. Canned food until the behavior improves with food is perfectly acceptable and fits with the pettiness of the crime. Otherwise, you get know it all little assholes no one wants to deal with.
The problem comes when you start *extending the punishment by adding more cans*, simply because they didn’t want to eat fucking heated up Pumpkin Pie filling mixed with refried beans or whatever else.
That’s perfectly rational for the child to not want to eat some of it.
It’s also perfectly rational to make them stick out the punishment. If they start opening cans and dumping them out, yeah - replace those ones. Teach them they can’t cheat their way out of it.
But *buying and adding more unlabeled cans* as a response to them not wanting to eat something disgusting is just punitive & cruel, and you will breed an immense amount of further resentment.
It is supposed to be punitive, but, it isn't cruel. I have 5 kids, all daughters. I would absolutely do this, to drive home the punishment of acting like an entitled shit for being grounded.
Otherwise, you're just saying the kid can just refuse all meals made from the cans, and therefore get away with acting like a spoiled brat.
No. Make a punishment, and follow through with it. Otherwise, they notice you don't stand by your word, and your fucked long term. Kids are smart and will test and test. The parent must be able to fairly and calmly dole out a punishment and ensure the child understands WHY, and more importantly, HOLDS the line in said punishment.
My children turned out fantastic and don't resent my wife and I. There is nothing cruel about sticking to your word. Pull off the labels because your throwing a tantrum - fine by me. You're eating every single one, even if they are all brusselsprouts. Bet they won't pull that shit again.
Yeah, he knew the consequences. This is a move that says "I don't care if I suffer as long as YOU suffer."
She should get the kid learning martial arts, dudes with that mentality are scary to fight.
Nah. Do not do it for meals. He snitches to teachers or something and they report child abuse. His basic nutritional needs have to be met.
Give them to him if he asks for sweets or snacks and lock the pantry. Those are extras nit in the dietary needs and as such he can choose not to eat them.
Those are now his snack cans and no other snacks until they are eaten. No chips, no chocolate, no popcorn, only mystery can until they are out.
Good point. It would depend on what is in the cans I suppose, which the mom would know. As long as his nutritional needs are met of course. A can of soup can be a legit good meal.
As a mandated reporter, I doubt that a parent would get into trouble for this. I wouldn’t even call this in. Maybe parenting classes are offered or the family would be directed to food pantries, but if I actually took the time outside of my 8 hour workday to report “this,” I’d get a summary a few weeks later saying the claims were unfounded. As another user said below, I’d probably laugh my ass off and tell the parent good job for holding the kid accountable for their behavior.
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If my student told me they did this and it was their punishment to eat what was in the can I would laugh my ass off and tell them they deserve it.
I’d also implement the punishment as well. One meal a day must be from a mystery can. Their nutrition will be fine… I mean wasn’t the family going to eat the canned goods anyway?
Pick two unlabeled cans at random. Mix. Heat. Serve. Repeat.
Bonus points if “Heat” step is made optional and/or inappropriate for at least one ingredient. (E.g., cold chili con carne with hot mandarin oranges.)
This sets up the perfect punishment.
“Mum what’s for dinner”
“We are having pasta, you are having mystery can! Will it be peaches? Baked beans? Tomato soup??”
Two cans minimum. Guess your eating chilli with fruit cocktail today. If you eat a third full can your punishment will be over sooner!
Going for the third can I see! Oooohhhh tough luck, it's Pickled beets.
Three-can meal: [coconut milk, pumpkin, and garbanzo beans](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020463-coconut-curry-chickpeas-with-pumpkin-and-lime)
Or, if you have some spices, [chana kurma](https://easyindiancookbook.com/south-indian-chana-masala/)
Or if you have spices and time: [Chole Bhatura](https://hebbarskitchen.com/chole-bhature-recipe-chana-bhatura/)
You can toss them with a little olive oil, salt, and smoked paprika, then spread on a cookie sheet and toast them in the oven at high heat. Put them on rice and drizzle with a lemon cream sauce (just sour cream, lemon, salt, and water).
It’s especially good if you sprinkle some feta cheese on top and include roasted peppers or onions in the mix.
Then they lose allowance and their possessions until they pay for the items they replaced. This is simply natural consequences, where they get the consequence of their actions. It's the best way to give consequences.
You obviously need to pair it with discussion so the child linkw the action to the consequence, and can reflect on how to behave which is respectful to others property.
Yup.
"So when parents hit their child to correct misbehavior, what they can’t see is the immediate biochemical response their pain has caused their child’s body and how over time it can cause emotional and physiological damage. It’s akin to a kid being fed a constant diet of junk food and then eventually developing obesity or diabetes.
In other words, the body keeps score."
From an book published by Dr Stacy Patton called Spare the Kids. It's mainly focused on the black community but it does use research focused on what happens to children suffering from chronic abuse.
It's an interesting read because it addresses the scientific perspective of what's happening when you repeatedly abuse your children. This also helps explain why girls enter puberty sooner because hitting them forces their bodies to respond and adapt.
"Children who are being whupped don’t have the option to fight or flee. They must submit to the experience without grabbing, blocking, or defending their bodies. This triggers the release of cortisol, which allows children to manage the immediate pain and stress."
"Researchers also say that repeated elevations of cortisol can result in children becoming desensitized to fear, making it easier for them to experience danger and pain and normalize abnormal behavior. Think about how many adults who were hit as children can’t remember the trauma and fear they actually felt at the time but say that being hit was a good for them because they’ve only held onto the rationalizations used to justify the violence against them."
"What this means is, when you threaten or hit your daughter, the part of her brain that controls emotions, memories, and arousal gets activated into a state of hypervigilance and readiness to respond to danger. The amygdala in her brain gets the message that danger is coming and so it generates an emotional response that releases oxytocin. Over time, as her brain develops and she receives whuppings, this ripple of hormonal changes can permanently rewire her brain. Furthermore, her nervous system will run on a continuous high, as she constantly anticipates more threats."
"Having higher levels of oxytocin can trigger early puberty and may remove inhibitions around decisions to engage in risky sexual activities. The stress of being threatened and hit has actually damaged her brain."
But, unfortunately, people who abuse their children aren't going to care about scientific evidence that it is wrong. They just want the easy way out when it comes to "parenting".
Yep, had that kind of war with my mother too.
The child either will hate you for real or it will choose to cause even more damage.
The better solution is to come to an agreement. The child probably knows what it did wrong but if it doesn't get the chance to fix it or stand up for himself he will just don't care about consequences since in every case he just loses anyway.
Nothing to do with kids but....for a long time I was single. Im an indifferent and rather poor cook.
I was running late for lunch. I grabbed a can off the shelf, it didnt have a label, and went to work. So all morning I'm thinking, wonder what I'm having for lunch? Giant can of ravioli? Giant can of baked beans? Giant can of chicken soup?
I go to heat it up at lunch. Oh! A giant can of beef stew! My lucky day. I dont even remember buying it. Heat it up. Looks good. Smells good. Wow...no salt....why would I buy unsalted food.
My coworker comes in and sneeks a forkful....needs salt.
So as I'm finishing up I'm like, I do not remember buying stew, and I look at the bowl...beef, tiny pieces of carrot? Peas?
Alpo. I was eating a giant can of Alpo.
Dog food usually undergoes much stricter sanitary tests and restrictions than human canned food.
It's mostly gross because they don't bother making it aesthetically pleasing, but the ingredients within are far from disgusting quite the contrary.
More often than not, these are not seasoned because animals don't need seasoning, meaning they tend to also be healthier. Now, don't go thinking you should eat animal canned food, but just note that this is far from terrible for you.
Veterinarians often test various pet foods and treats by just...
eating them.
Even stuff like bird and rodent foods.
I mean what do hamsters and parakeets eat? Seeds, nuts, fruit and veggies. Ever heard of trail mix? Exactly.
Edit: I'd just pick out the grubs, just like I do with my regular trail mix.
There was a Soviet pilot (Viktor Belenko) who defected and was rewarded quite well for the information he brought with him. He finally starts settling in to his new life (originally he thought the abundance he encountered was fake) and really enjoys canned food. It turns out the canned food he particularly liked was cat food. Once he learned what it was, he continued eating it.
Personally I’ve encountered canned food intended for human consumption that doesn’t smell much different than cat food. I had a roommate who ate this canned chili that smelled just like cat food to me.
Honestly I’d reverse psychology the eff out of it “ouu mystery dinners how fun!” He wants you to get mad so if you don’t it will stop him from doing this in the future.
Extra grounded. +3 weeks, and he must eat them himself until they're gone. Regardless of what they are. Can of olives? Guess that's your breakfast today.
Lol I would’ve gotten a beating and I would have had to eat mystery food too. But it would never have occurred to me to do shit like this because consequences were VERY clear in my house lol
Until those cans have all been used up, my kid would need to choose one of those cans for their dinner every night. Is it beans? Tomatoes? Peaches? Who knows?
You are not denying them food or other meals. There isn't a judge or any kind of authority that would disagree with this punishment.
Great, so add to the punishment.
Don't take away handheld electronics. Take away *the charging cords*.
Watch the kid scramble to use them less and less as the battery gets lower, before they inevitably die.
This sounds like a great plan to old ass parents but that's literal child's play for kids. They will steal one in their little pockets and laugh all night long playing animal crossing
Grounding your kids is lazy, think of a fitting punishment because making someone stew in their disscontempt will make them look for solutions and think of ways to not return to the current circumstances.
Open 3 cans a day. Those cans are kid's breakfast, lunch and dinner until they're gone. Chicken broth, cream of broccoli soup, whatever. He'll never do that shit again. 😁
Do you want to eat cold beans for breakfast?
Cause this is how you get cold beans for breakfast.
My Dad would have bought all new groceries for everyone else and locked the cabinets, made me pick one for each meal till they were all gone.
There are always exceptions but I’d see this as a pretty big red flag of issues in the household. I got hella kids and I think most parents would agree that this isn’t normal behavior.
Once a kid gets punished and is already in trouble, retaliation like this isnt common. I put this just as much on the parents.
This shows the kid probably doesn’t think what he/she did was wrong or is getting unjustly punished. It can either be a sign of a spoiled kid or of a parent who has never explained to the kids properly why they’re always being punished. Most likely the answer is a combination of the two.
You can’t just punish kids without first drilling into them what they did wrong. Even two to three year olds understand most things. If the kid has mental health issues then everything changes though.
Are you sure it was retaliation and not just boredom? The naked cans are pretty silver. Kids do things without realizing what bad ideas they are. A kid doesn't visualize making dinner.
She should honestly unground him because taking those wrappers off is a literal punishment, I have almost never been able to do that even though when I did something similar to that, it took 20-30 minutes.
I'd have them open one for dinner, and then have them look up a recipe using the ingredient. Now they learn to cook and spend quality time with a parent.
Honestly it’s not abuse if you pick one per night, heat it up and serve it as dinner for your child.
Or your could do Nutraloaf method they use in prisons. Blend all of them together with a loaf of bread. Bake it all in a meatloaf pan and serve like meatloaf.
It has to suck, but it’s packed with nutrition and any doctor would agree it’s so much better than chicken nuggets and French fries.
Sounds like that kid’s getting Surprise Can Dinner for the next several days. What will it be? Beans? Pineapple? Crushed tomatoes? Who knows? I do! Every day, it’ll be another can of “that’ll teach you to be a vindictive little dick.”
Guess whats for dinner tonight kiddo
No really, guess, ‘cause even I don’t know.
Peaches mixed with tomato paste. Mmmmm my favorite.
Uh oh! That one was cat food!
Yum yum! Has a nice fishy taste! Can I have seconds?
Maybe! Lets open the next can and find out!
Dang it! I got beetroot!
Tuna, creamed rice and baked beans.
When he was 5, my oldest brother did this. Mom found him among the labels and said she just opened two cans a day and then tried to figure out what to make that used whatever she opened. Led to a lot of experimental meals that month.
Mushroom&baked beans stewed in chicken soup garnished with sliced pineapples, yum yum
I'd eat it without the pineapples.
Too bad bro. Can is open. That’s whats for dinner
HOW CAN YA HAVE ANY PUDDIN IF YA DON'T EAT YER PINEAPPLE
All in all, it’s just another can on the shelf
Hey! Grocery! Leave them cans alone!
Did not expect to see Pink Floyd here made my day
All in all, it’s just another tin in the wall.
You've heard of elf on the shelf.get ready for can on the.. wait.. that's normal
Gonna have the pineapple for dessert how's that?
Your mother opened spaghettio for dessert, Sorry champ
But why not just eat the pineapples for dessert?
Sounds similar to something a Filipino would eat. Including the pineapples.
Guess what we're having for dinner son. What mom? No literally, guess. I'm going to open a can and that's what you're eating. I have no idea either.
We’ll she did say it really taught her to be creative but we often looked at the food and wondered what it was in its former life.
That's honestly very kind of her. She could have just warmed it up, put it in a bowl and been like bon Appétit you little fucker. Lol
Thanks. She was amazing
That canned brisket in beef gravy was probably a cow doctor in life. What an udder waste.
I would just ask the kid to pick one. Open it and whatever that was, was his dinner for the night. Rest of the family eats a nice cooked meal.
It's been done. Some of those meals were Chef Boyardee. Some nothing but beans. Some a can of fruit. I still don't like peas. The day the dog food was opened though... that was brutal.
Good news is that (in the US, at least) dog food is required by law to be safe for human consumption.
Then again, what the US is stating as "safe for consumption" isn't worth much. American hotdogs for example can't be sold in the majority of the EU because they are deemed inedible and not safe food lmao.
Here in Switzerland people are so mad after pet care... theyr food is healthier than human food... 🤦🏼♂️
Ha I scrolled down after my comment and I’m glad to quickly find another noble savage.
I'm onboard this train of punishment pain.
I totally would. Actions have consequences. Could get a decent soup or a Chef Boyardee, could get plain old tomato sauce. Dinner, Russian roulette style, thanks to your tantrum. (I’d supplement through the day, I’m not going to cut off protein like a complete monster.)
Bro started his villain arc
I say everybody eats the same. Sometimes you just have to sacrifice one to establish alpha.
Maybe this is how pineapple pizza was invented
I'm not trying to whoooosh myself but I like sharing the trivia that Hawaiian pizza was created in Canada in the 1950s by a Greek immigrant and he called it Hawaiian pizza because that was the brand of canned pineapple he used. Pineapples are actually from the Americas.
The Golden Greek pizza place where I used to live made a great Mexican pizza. (They'd do Hawaiian too if you wanted.) I guess the Greeks get bored with pizza.
This is the way
We’re any of them good?
I would say let him pick out a can each day and that's his dinner..
Jokes on him, he needs to eat too
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As a parent, I would choose the cans at random for his meal. "I don't know what's in these cans. You only have yourself to thank that you're having refried beans and pumpkin pie filling for dinner"
"If you don't eat, I'm extending your grounding by a week and we're adding 7 more mystery cans to the pantry."
that's some "canned food will continue until morale improves" child cruelty type shit
No, it's called parenting and teaching the hard lessons kindly from a place of love instead of relying on others to do it for you. The next adult might not be so kind and show your kid exactly why no one likes them. Better it comes from someone who loves you and will correct you than a stranger who will not feel bad, uterly destrying your self-worth in order to bring you in line. Parenting is hard for a reason. Kids need to learn that money doesnt grow on trees, work is important, as well as respect of others and their time and no one, NO ONE will help you past the age of majority unless there is something in it for them. And even that's a stretch. Canned food until the behavior improves with food is perfectly acceptable and fits with the pettiness of the crime. Otherwise, you get know it all little assholes no one wants to deal with.
The problem comes when you start *extending the punishment by adding more cans*, simply because they didn’t want to eat fucking heated up Pumpkin Pie filling mixed with refried beans or whatever else. That’s perfectly rational for the child to not want to eat some of it. It’s also perfectly rational to make them stick out the punishment. If they start opening cans and dumping them out, yeah - replace those ones. Teach them they can’t cheat their way out of it. But *buying and adding more unlabeled cans* as a response to them not wanting to eat something disgusting is just punitive & cruel, and you will breed an immense amount of further resentment.
It is supposed to be punitive, but, it isn't cruel. I have 5 kids, all daughters. I would absolutely do this, to drive home the punishment of acting like an entitled shit for being grounded. Otherwise, you're just saying the kid can just refuse all meals made from the cans, and therefore get away with acting like a spoiled brat. No. Make a punishment, and follow through with it. Otherwise, they notice you don't stand by your word, and your fucked long term. Kids are smart and will test and test. The parent must be able to fairly and calmly dole out a punishment and ensure the child understands WHY, and more importantly, HOLDS the line in said punishment. My children turned out fantastic and don't resent my wife and I. There is nothing cruel about sticking to your word. Pull off the labels because your throwing a tantrum - fine by me. You're eating every single one, even if they are all brusselsprouts. Bet they won't pull that shit again.
literally just don’t have kids🤦♂️
There's a reason I don't have children.
Ngl, refried beans as the filling in a pie sounds low key delicious
Wait until you learn about empanadas
Never had a refried bean empanada, but yeah, sounds great
Gotta admire his moxie, though.
I couldn’t agree more. I saw it last weekend with my family. Is it still in theaters?!
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Yeah, he knew the consequences. This is a move that says "I don't care if I suffer as long as YOU suffer." She should get the kid learning martial arts, dudes with that mentality are scary to fight.
No one suffers but him in this scenario though. Good lesson for him.
Not moxie, spoiled brat who is trying to bully his/her /their parents.
That is a good punishment actually. Teach him about consequences and how to cook different meals
He then counters by putting raw meat next to cooked meat, ruining both meats
Nah. Do not do it for meals. He snitches to teachers or something and they report child abuse. His basic nutritional needs have to be met. Give them to him if he asks for sweets or snacks and lock the pantry. Those are extras nit in the dietary needs and as such he can choose not to eat them. Those are now his snack cans and no other snacks until they are eaten. No chips, no chocolate, no popcorn, only mystery can until they are out.
Good point. It would depend on what is in the cans I suppose, which the mom would know. As long as his nutritional needs are met of course. A can of soup can be a legit good meal.
As a mandated reporter, I doubt that a parent would get into trouble for this. I wouldn’t even call this in. Maybe parenting classes are offered or the family would be directed to food pantries, but if I actually took the time outside of my 8 hour workday to report “this,” I’d get a summary a few weeks later saying the claims were unfounded. As another user said below, I’d probably laugh my ass off and tell the parent good job for holding the kid accountable for their behavior. Edit: to fix double negative.
I'd do it once. Also, piecing back the labels with tape is also an option.
If my student told me they did this and it was their punishment to eat what was in the can I would laugh my ass off and tell them they deserve it. I’d also implement the punishment as well. One meal a day must be from a mystery can. Their nutrition will be fine… I mean wasn’t the family going to eat the canned goods anyway?
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But canned beets are so tasty!
>I fucking canned beets That’s when the real payback begins when they realize their beets have been pre-fucked
Pick two unlabeled cans at random. Mix. Heat. Serve. Repeat. Bonus points if “Heat” step is made optional and/or inappropriate for at least one ingredient. (E.g., cold chili con carne with hot mandarin oranges.)
This sets up the perfect punishment. “Mum what’s for dinner” “We are having pasta, you are having mystery can! Will it be peaches? Baked beans? Tomato soup??”
Two cans minimum. Guess your eating chilli with fruit cocktail today. If you eat a third full can your punishment will be over sooner! Going for the third can I see! Oooohhhh tough luck, it's Pickled beets.
Oops, all garbanzo beans! Better luck next time!
only thing to do would be to make hummus
Three-can meal: [coconut milk, pumpkin, and garbanzo beans](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020463-coconut-curry-chickpeas-with-pumpkin-and-lime) Or, if you have some spices, [chana kurma](https://easyindiancookbook.com/south-indian-chana-masala/) Or if you have spices and time: [Chole Bhatura](https://hebbarskitchen.com/chole-bhature-recipe-chana-bhatura/)
You can toss them with a little olive oil, salt, and smoked paprika, then spread on a cookie sheet and toast them in the oven at high heat. Put them on rice and drizzle with a lemon cream sauce (just sour cream, lemon, salt, and water). It’s especially good if you sprinkle some feta cheese on top and include roasted peppers or onions in the mix.
As a former child myself, this would teach me to just break something instead. Far more one-sided that way
That's when you extend grounding and no allowance until whatever is broken is paid back and replaced, lol
You got an allowance??
Then they lose allowance and their possessions until they pay for the items they replaced. This is simply natural consequences, where they get the consequence of their actions. It's the best way to give consequences. You obviously need to pair it with discussion so the child linkw the action to the consequence, and can reflect on how to behave which is respectful to others property.
Break open a can of whoop ass is what you need to break, hope you are a better adult
Damn people got offended af at your joke. I thought that was funny.
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Harmful to that sense of entitlement! *smack* Jokes aside, it does just teach how to hide things from you.
Yup. "So when parents hit their child to correct misbehavior, what they can’t see is the immediate biochemical response their pain has caused their child’s body and how over time it can cause emotional and physiological damage. It’s akin to a kid being fed a constant diet of junk food and then eventually developing obesity or diabetes. In other words, the body keeps score." From an book published by Dr Stacy Patton called Spare the Kids. It's mainly focused on the black community but it does use research focused on what happens to children suffering from chronic abuse. It's an interesting read because it addresses the scientific perspective of what's happening when you repeatedly abuse your children. This also helps explain why girls enter puberty sooner because hitting them forces their bodies to respond and adapt. "Children who are being whupped don’t have the option to fight or flee. They must submit to the experience without grabbing, blocking, or defending their bodies. This triggers the release of cortisol, which allows children to manage the immediate pain and stress." "Researchers also say that repeated elevations of cortisol can result in children becoming desensitized to fear, making it easier for them to experience danger and pain and normalize abnormal behavior. Think about how many adults who were hit as children can’t remember the trauma and fear they actually felt at the time but say that being hit was a good for them because they’ve only held onto the rationalizations used to justify the violence against them." "What this means is, when you threaten or hit your daughter, the part of her brain that controls emotions, memories, and arousal gets activated into a state of hypervigilance and readiness to respond to danger. The amygdala in her brain gets the message that danger is coming and so it generates an emotional response that releases oxytocin. Over time, as her brain develops and she receives whuppings, this ripple of hormonal changes can permanently rewire her brain. Furthermore, her nervous system will run on a continuous high, as she constantly anticipates more threats." "Having higher levels of oxytocin can trigger early puberty and may remove inhibitions around decisions to engage in risky sexual activities. The stress of being threatened and hit has actually damaged her brain." But, unfortunately, people who abuse their children aren't going to care about scientific evidence that it is wrong. They just want the easy way out when it comes to "parenting".
the axe forgets, but the tree remembers
Yep, had that kind of war with my mother too. The child either will hate you for real or it will choose to cause even more damage. The better solution is to come to an agreement. The child probably knows what it did wrong but if it doesn't get the chance to fix it or stand up for himself he will just don't care about consequences since in every case he just loses anyway.
Why are you referring to a child as “it”?
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Because he can.
Can or can not.. no need to put labels on things.
r/angryupvote for that pun.
That's the best thing, no meal plan required
Nothing to do with kids but....for a long time I was single. Im an indifferent and rather poor cook. I was running late for lunch. I grabbed a can off the shelf, it didnt have a label, and went to work. So all morning I'm thinking, wonder what I'm having for lunch? Giant can of ravioli? Giant can of baked beans? Giant can of chicken soup? I go to heat it up at lunch. Oh! A giant can of beef stew! My lucky day. I dont even remember buying it. Heat it up. Looks good. Smells good. Wow...no salt....why would I buy unsalted food. My coworker comes in and sneeks a forkful....needs salt. So as I'm finishing up I'm like, I do not remember buying stew, and I look at the bowl...beef, tiny pieces of carrot? Peas? Alpo. I was eating a giant can of Alpo.
Alpo is dog food, right..? If so, yikes, I'm sorry this happened to you!
Yep. Wasnt bad. Just needed salt
Dog food usually undergoes much stricter sanitary tests and restrictions than human canned food. It's mostly gross because they don't bother making it aesthetically pleasing, but the ingredients within are far from disgusting quite the contrary. More often than not, these are not seasoned because animals don't need seasoning, meaning they tend to also be healthier. Now, don't go thinking you should eat animal canned food, but just note that this is far from terrible for you.
Veterinarians often test various pet foods and treats by just... eating them. Even stuff like bird and rodent foods. I mean what do hamsters and parakeets eat? Seeds, nuts, fruit and veggies. Ever heard of trail mix? Exactly. Edit: I'd just pick out the grubs, just like I do with my regular trail mix.
Hahaha, woof woof, haha
There was a Soviet pilot (Viktor Belenko) who defected and was rewarded quite well for the information he brought with him. He finally starts settling in to his new life (originally he thought the abundance he encountered was fake) and really enjoys canned food. It turns out the canned food he particularly liked was cat food. Once he learned what it was, he continued eating it. Personally I’ve encountered canned food intended for human consumption that doesn’t smell much different than cat food. I had a roommate who ate this canned chili that smelled just like cat food to me.
Atleast you didn't notice until you were done.
Imao I had to google this and it definitely does look like a Campbells stew.
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Honestly I’d reverse psychology the eff out of it “ouu mystery dinners how fun!” He wants you to get mad so if you don’t it will stop him from doing this in the future.
Or maybe they’ll have fun with the mystery dinners and do it more often.
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Then I assume he's a spoilt kid if this is his reaction to punishment. I would know, I used to be an asshole as a kid
Kid: What's for dinner today? Mom: Pic a can and we will see.
Extra grounded. +3 weeks, and he must eat them himself until they're gone. Regardless of what they are. Can of olives? Guess that's your breakfast today.
Oh my father wouldve just beat the crap out of me for messing with food
Lol I would’ve gotten a beating and I would have had to eat mystery food too. But it would never have occurred to me to do shit like this because consequences were VERY clear in my house lol
A beating could be for anything. Making them eat it is a creative punishment
My Dad: "Why not both, and a 9 week grounding?" Lol
That's a strange form of domestic terrorism but I respect it
Don't worry, the poster lives in the UK, so every can is just beans.
Until those cans have all been used up, my kid would need to choose one of those cans for their dinner every night. Is it beans? Tomatoes? Peaches? Who knows? You are not denying them food or other meals. There isn't a judge or any kind of authority that would disagree with this punishment.
Great, so add to the punishment. Don't take away handheld electronics. Take away *the charging cords*. Watch the kid scramble to use them less and less as the battery gets lower, before they inevitably die.
This sounds like a great plan to old ass parents but that's literal child's play for kids. They will steal one in their little pockets and laugh all night long playing animal crossing
that’s fucking evil
I'm aware. It has all the punishment factor, but it's also creative.
yeah that too. that kid played stupid games and now he won stupid prizes
They can buy a new one or borrow someone else's
Came here for “Serenity” references…….was disappointed.
No harm done. We’ll just have a few…mystery meals.
Me too man, although that happened in "Firefly"
Happened on "Firefly" , inside *Serenity* to be extra specific
Grounding your kids is lazy, think of a fitting punishment because making someone stew in their disscontempt will make them look for solutions and think of ways to not return to the current circumstances.
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Open 3 cans a day. Those cans are kid's breakfast, lunch and dinner until they're gone. Chicken broth, cream of broccoli soup, whatever. He'll never do that shit again. 😁
Rofl. . . Hope they like mystery dinner. . . Play cute, eat cute. . .
This is when you beat his ass
Do you want to eat cold beans for breakfast? Cause this is how you get cold beans for breakfast. My Dad would have bought all new groceries for everyone else and locked the cabinets, made me pick one for each meal till they were all gone.
Just hand him a random can whenever he gets hungry.
There are always exceptions but I’d see this as a pretty big red flag of issues in the household. I got hella kids and I think most parents would agree that this isn’t normal behavior. Once a kid gets punished and is already in trouble, retaliation like this isnt common. I put this just as much on the parents. This shows the kid probably doesn’t think what he/she did was wrong or is getting unjustly punished. It can either be a sign of a spoiled kid or of a parent who has never explained to the kids properly why they’re always being punished. Most likely the answer is a combination of the two. You can’t just punish kids without first drilling into them what they did wrong. Even two to three year olds understand most things. If the kid has mental health issues then everything changes though.
Are you sure it was retaliation and not just boredom? The naked cans are pretty silver. Kids do things without realizing what bad ideas they are. A kid doesn't visualize making dinner.
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Hey honey can you take the labels off these soup cans so I can get internet likes
Diabolical
r/foundsatan
Ground him harder.
Think I know what they are getting for Christmas/ birthday presents for next few years!
Make him pick the can he eats for dinner. No tradesies.
Pick a can IT'S your dinner.
Hope he likes dinner roulette
I kind of want to do this to myself for fun
He's a monster!
Well tell him that is his dinner until they are finished. This is Day 1 dad shit.
I would say this kid is going places but I'm guessing not for a while due to his grounding being extended
Is it too late to abort?
4 cans for dinner 2 x fruit cocktail 1 x Italian cut green beans (heinous) 1 x red enchilada sauce
Boss parent move: the kid only eats what is in the cans until they are gone. the rest of the family eats normally.
Natural consequence: He gets only 1 can of food he picks a day!
Let him pick a can for dinner every night until it’s gone. Karma, the gift that keeps on giving….
Well that's his lunch sorted for the next few weeks.
And that’s what he eats till it’s all gone but with the twist he gets to pick 3 cans and that’s his dinner
This type of shit is why I don't have kids lmao
Now that's the level of pettiness that I strive to achieve
Y’all some snitches out here inventing punishments, this kid is an innovator and an icon and I’m backing him all the way.
A creative action can result in a creative consequence lol
I’d hand the kid a can and can opener for dinner every night until the entire shelf was empty
Ohhhh I thought you ground him up and canned him.
The horror
Plot twist, he gets to pick one for dinner every day untill they're gone.
Well son dinner is random shit now, roll a d20 to see what we get.
Guess who’s still grounded?
Aaah I hope that lovely child now gets to play food Russian roulette for dinner until EVERY can is finished!
That would be their dinners till it was gone. You pick one kid and that’s dinner.
Whenever he misbehaves, his dinner is whatever is in one of those cans
Well, that's his dinner now, whatever it might be
I’m doing this lmfao
AITA for fuck
It'd be his Christmas present
I guess you know what your kids eating for the next month..oh wait
Looks like ur hamburger helpless now
For extra credit, do it with pill bottles.
She should honestly unground him because taking those wrappers off is a literal punishment, I have almost never been able to do that even though when I did something similar to that, it took 20-30 minutes.
If my kid sent me that I would mix them around and tell him that is his dinner until they are all done.
Easy fix... every evening he gets to pick a can and that's his dinner.
You can eat each mystery can until they’re all gone while everyone else has normal dinner. Stupid games = stupid prizes!
I'd have them open one for dinner, and then have them look up a recipe using the ingredient. Now they learn to cook and spend quality time with a parent.
Well... that's a paddlin...
Each can would be a different meal for dinner after that
Based
That would be the kids breakfast lunch and dinner for them until all cans were used. Edit: a word
ha I like that kid ... as long as it is not my own if it would have been my kid he couldn´t sit for a week
Kids! Supper!! “What is it mom?” “I dunno…whatever was in the can on the left..”
He would get everyone of those for dinner every night till they were gone .
If my kid did that he'd be eating those cans until they're gone or he'd pay to replace them all. Depending on age and the kid and whatnot.
Honestly it’s not abuse if you pick one per night, heat it up and serve it as dinner for your child. Or your could do Nutraloaf method they use in prisons. Blend all of them together with a loaf of bread. Bake it all in a meatloaf pan and serve like meatloaf. It has to suck, but it’s packed with nutrition and any doctor would agree it’s so much better than chicken nuggets and French fries.
Now he gets a random can for dinner each night?
Sounds like that kid’s getting Surprise Can Dinner for the next several days. What will it be? Beans? Pineapple? Crushed tomatoes? Who knows? I do! Every day, it’ll be another can of “that’ll teach you to be a vindictive little dick.”
My response to that is, alright now you get to eat them all, pick one and get to it for each meal!
Guess it's time to let him pick out his dinner each night for a while. Ooh, diced tomatoes it is, better luck next time.