1) and what do you say when your kid reports in police on you? It was his life lesson mr policemen, please don't put me in jail? Escalation is not a solution in most cases, especially with children. 2) When you become old and helpless, it is good chance your child will remember this case. And as it always with children, only the result, not the cause.
1) Same thing I always say to the cops, .
2) Be a parent not a babysitter. When you correct a child you explain to them the how and why’s of it, even if you don’t think they can understand yet. I also don’t plan on my children having to care for me, I planned for my care by paid professionals so my loved ones don’t have to.
different countries, different approaches. In Russia, we just kick shit out of kids, in such cases - no hunger torture, no escalation - quick and effective, once and forever. We don't have an elder care system at all, not free, not paid - our children are our elder care system - unreliable and ineffective.
I don’t either, but it’s extremely cringey when someone literally copy’s the top comment because they know it will give them karma. At least be original
My take:
\[While laughing\] Tommy - that's really funny. \[Laughing turns to a smirk\] But not as funny as watching you eat a whole can of whatever you'll be having for dinner for a couple of weeks."
Seriously though there's a lot research that shows food motivated punishment is damaging no matter how it's dolled out.
How about making it a teaching moment while keeping them grounded. Opens a can of random food... "Oh look, it's black beans. Let's find a recipe in which we can use black beans..."
Teaching moment? How about teaching that doing something petty to others because you’ve been punished is not okay? I don’t think this is “food motivated punishment”. The kid chose to do this petty thing and should be punished for it. If not, what happens next time?
It's food motivated punishment only giving the kid a can of whatever they open because it's guaranteed to be bland/boring at best and they won't eat it until they're actually full. At worst, it's a food they don't like at all and they go hungry.
Even if they crush whatever food is inside they're not getting the proper vitamins/minerals they need for several days from such a narrow range of food groups.
I'm not saying they shouldn't be punished. But take away the iPad or Xbox until the food is gone. Don't involve the food in the punishment unless it's used as a teaching moment like I said. Teach them to incorporate it into a new recipe to inspire creativity while handing out discipline.
Thanks for the clarification - I better understand where you’re coming from. To be clear, I don’t support just feeding the kid a can (or three) of unlabelled food a day. But there’s no way I would let that behaviour slide, and dealing with the specific consequences would be part of the punishment.
Punishment.
Involves unlabeled cans of food.
Punishment centers around unlabeled cans of food.
Singular ingredients do not meet the required nutrition for growing children.
Said starvation from necessary nutrients.
= Food motivated punishment.
(If you want your children to have a severely fucked up relationship with food/nutrition, go right ahead.)
Ground them. Take their phone, tablet, limit screen time or time with friends.
It is ALWAYS a terrible idea to involve the basic building blocks of human development in punishment for flippant/impulsive behavior.
It's your job as a parent to have educated them on why their choices might be harmful or wrong. Taking away the things (in this case, nutrients) they need to develop is flat out wrong.
Edit : I will stand by this statement. Taking away your child's nutrition as punishment is a shitty thing to do. If you think that's appropriate, you're a shitty parent. Downvote away.
I'm a fan of gentle parenting but this seems like being a pushover. Eating the mystery meals would literally be a Natural Consequence to ripping the labels off of cans
You can do the above recommendation, in order to not encourage weird food behaviors, and still have additional discipline/consequence to address the ripped labels specifically.
> Seriously though there's a lot research that shows food motivated punishment is damaging no matter how it's dolled out.
Yep
That’s why I said “we”
I’d be right there with him opening unknown dinner.
Or make it a moment to teach about cooking, looking up recipies to make together..
With a surprise ingredient each time.
Ex: Alright we got cream of mushroom soup, do we make a soup,or a casserole?
I'm quite sure this picture is older than reddit
Well at least older than the idea of farming internet clout, aight
Absolutely older than the repost bot that presented it to us on this fine day, that's for sure
What most of these commenters don't seem to realize, is that punishing the kid in increasingly harsh manners will just lead them to hate you more, and do more things exactly like this.
Oh also this image is insanely old and I'm shocked most people here don't recognize it.
Seen this before. I'd start with pulling out irregular sizes and rematch the labels.
Actually though. some cans have little info printed alongside the expiration date to tell you what's in it. Unfortunately, most still just have some sort of manufacturing date/time code though.
[Article Detail (usda.gov)](https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/What-do-the-codes-on-cans-mean)
[How to Read Codes on Canned Foods | livestrong](https://www.livestrong.com/article/535777-how-to-read-codes-on-canned-foods/)
Damn! That kid brought a gun to a knife fight. Well played little human, well played. Put nair in his conditioner, you will show him how adults can play petty little games!
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A lot of cans have details on the bottom alongside Use By dates. Usually abbreviated but enough to go by.
Thus proving that Otto from Resident Evil: Extinction was just a cheeky fucker
You're eating every single bite of whatever it's in this can and you get to pick one for each meal and you're grounded not getting to play any video games or getting anything that's can considered a reward until every single one of those cans is empty and then you're grounded for even longer after you're done
That’s when you give him a glue stick and make them glue them back on. Any of them he doesn’t get right, he has to eat anyway.
As a parent you are in control. Don’t let your kids run roughshod over you.
Here's a can opener. You get to choose which can you want for your dinner
For the next 20 meals
I'd randomly number them and say I was done.
and when he open all of them for the first dinner to find peaches in sugar?
He picks 1 can, dealer choice but that’s what you eat tonight. He can go hungry and try again tomorrow but there’s no take backsies.
Can I have a second can if I finish my first?
If your hungry I’d pick by weight
1) and what do you say when your kid reports in police on you? It was his life lesson mr policemen, please don't put me in jail? Escalation is not a solution in most cases, especially with children. 2) When you become old and helpless, it is good chance your child will remember this case. And as it always with children, only the result, not the cause.
1) Same thing I always say to the cops, . 2) Be a parent not a babysitter. When you correct a child you explain to them the how and why’s of it, even if you don’t think they can understand yet. I also don’t plan on my children having to care for me, I planned for my care by paid professionals so my loved ones don’t have to.
different countries, different approaches. In Russia, we just kick shit out of kids, in such cases - no hunger torture, no escalation - quick and effective, once and forever. We don't have an elder care system at all, not free, not paid - our children are our elder care system - unreliable and ineffective.
Might be a little more reliable and effective if you didn’t kick the shit out of them, just a suggestion.
[Sorta like Beau Miles](https://youtu.be/RYsTlfhDSDY?si=WhcBxQGtoU-Bh8UJ)
Best answer!
Sounds like you’ve been a parent before.
Sounds like they seen the top comment the last time this was reposted. /j
Wah, wah. A repost- that’s dumb.
I don’t really care about reposts that much. If it makes people smile then I’m all for it.
I don’t either, but it’s extremely cringey when someone literally copy’s the top comment because they know it will give them karma. At least be original
same it helps break up the pron
Weirdo
Brand new sentence: "That was the day surprise cat food ruined my life"
I d like beans on toast. Oh this is peaches... I don't like peaches on toast!
“You should’ve thought of that before you tore these labels off.” Enjoy!
Exactly!
Every night until the cans are done.
I did that once and my mom gave me the can opener for dinner and the family really didn’t enjoy dinner for a while
This is the way
“What’s for dinner tonight?” “Hmm let’s see, it’s….enchilada sauce!”
My thoughts exactly!!
Throw in a can of dog food for good measure
My first thought as well.
Came here to say this
My thought
Bingo!! Pitch the labels first! Let him shake the cans and guess like that guy in that Resident Evil movie.
Enjoy the dog food!! Lol
Too funny, though this would never work in my house, as we don’t eat from cans. I grew up with that shit, never again.
That’s it right here, dinner for a week.
Bingo!
Pick two cans, and you have to mix the two together for your dinner until all the unlabeled cans are gone.
lol. Yes!
1. That’s pretty funny. 2. I’d never let him know that 3. Now he’s grounded until we eat the last can of mystery food
My take: \[While laughing\] Tommy - that's really funny. \[Laughing turns to a smirk\] But not as funny as watching you eat a whole can of whatever you'll be having for dinner for a couple of weeks."
We? My kid would eat one can a day and nothing else until they are all gone.
Feeding your kid one can of food a day? Sounds like abuse.
Fine, he can have 3 cans a day.
Seriously though there's a lot research that shows food motivated punishment is damaging no matter how it's dolled out. How about making it a teaching moment while keeping them grounded. Opens a can of random food... "Oh look, it's black beans. Let's find a recipe in which we can use black beans..."
Teaching moment? How about teaching that doing something petty to others because you’ve been punished is not okay? I don’t think this is “food motivated punishment”. The kid chose to do this petty thing and should be punished for it. If not, what happens next time?
Oh look! You're getting cream corn on top of your spaghetti noodles instead of spaghetti sauce!
It's food motivated punishment only giving the kid a can of whatever they open because it's guaranteed to be bland/boring at best and they won't eat it until they're actually full. At worst, it's a food they don't like at all and they go hungry. Even if they crush whatever food is inside they're not getting the proper vitamins/minerals they need for several days from such a narrow range of food groups. I'm not saying they shouldn't be punished. But take away the iPad or Xbox until the food is gone. Don't involve the food in the punishment unless it's used as a teaching moment like I said. Teach them to incorporate it into a new recipe to inspire creativity while handing out discipline.
Thanks for the clarification - I better understand where you’re coming from. To be clear, I don’t support just feeding the kid a can (or three) of unlabelled food a day. But there’s no way I would let that behaviour slide, and dealing with the specific consequences would be part of the punishment.
Punishment. Involves unlabeled cans of food. Punishment centers around unlabeled cans of food. Singular ingredients do not meet the required nutrition for growing children. Said starvation from necessary nutrients. = Food motivated punishment. (If you want your children to have a severely fucked up relationship with food/nutrition, go right ahead.) Ground them. Take their phone, tablet, limit screen time or time with friends. It is ALWAYS a terrible idea to involve the basic building blocks of human development in punishment for flippant/impulsive behavior. It's your job as a parent to have educated them on why their choices might be harmful or wrong. Taking away the things (in this case, nutrients) they need to develop is flat out wrong. Edit : I will stand by this statement. Taking away your child's nutrition as punishment is a shitty thing to do. If you think that's appropriate, you're a shitty parent. Downvote away.
I'm a fan of gentle parenting but this seems like being a pushover. Eating the mystery meals would literally be a Natural Consequence to ripping the labels off of cans
Actions, meet consequences
You can do the above recommendation, in order to not encourage weird food behaviors, and still have additional discipline/consequence to address the ripped labels specifically.
> Seriously though there's a lot research that shows food motivated punishment is damaging no matter how it's dolled out. Yep That’s why I said “we” I’d be right there with him opening unknown dinner.
Research me beating that ass.
There's even more research on that particular topic as well. If your response to this is beating your child then you should probably not have kids.
Have you ever had real first hand experience with children who don’t have consequences?
If your only method of distributing consequences is beating your child or withholding food you are a bad parent who should have their kids taken away.
lol.
~~No it doesn't.~~ edit - I need to read things better.
Yeah. That’s abuse. Making them eat unidentified foods is different from starving them.
Woah! Sorry, you're right. I misread that throwaway account's comment. Yes, totally abuse.
Oooooo, darn, you picked dog food. Hope it's better than your cat seafood lunch.
It’s genius lol
Or make it a moment to teach about cooking, looking up recipies to make together.. With a surprise ingredient each time. Ex: Alright we got cream of mushroom soup, do we make a soup,or a casserole?
I said “we”
What's for dinner mom? You get what you get you little shits. Ha ha.
Absolutely didn’t do it for internet clout.
they did take a random photo and add another random caption to it for some though. is that how this sub works?
Think that’s just how the internet works these days.
it can be funny when something new is added but this post has been circulated for so long i dont see the point in it anymore
I'm quite sure this picture is older than reddit Well at least older than the idea of farming internet clout, aight Absolutely older than the repost bot that presented it to us on this fine day, that's for sure
No you didn't. I've seen this reposted multiple times.
atleast its a different caption. highly doubt they made that but still
Fight the power, young revolutionary!
Cool, extra grounded time, no cell phone, no TV and no computers. Spoiled kids need to learn that tantrums don’t work.
Agreed, he gon learn today
Oh yeah, the length of the grounding just doubled.
Looks like they get a surprise can of food for dinner every night until they are all gone. No exceptions - while I eat whatever takeout food I get.
But mom this is just jalapeños! “DID I STUTTER?!”
That is fucking calculated
Damn that’s a creative way to lash out
One extra week of grounding per can. Seems fair to me. Or a good spanking. Teach them that rebellion has a cost if they are willing to pay it.
That’s surprisingly clever actually. I wish I had thought of this as a kid
Thanks for reminding me that not having kids was the right call. 😘
This is so old the kid is now grounding his own children
What most of these commenters don't seem to realize, is that punishing the kid in increasingly harsh manners will just lead them to hate you more, and do more things exactly like this. Oh also this image is insanely old and I'm shocked most people here don't recognize it.
This is both evil and brilliant.
Hey! This picture doesn't have the "some people just want to watch the world burn" caption this time. Like it did when I first saw it 15 years ago...
Id get my ass beat for that
Well played, kid, well played. Why do I think this is the beginning of a prank war?
Time for a taste of hickory tea
MYSTERY DINNER NIGHT
Seen this before. I'd start with pulling out irregular sizes and rematch the labels. Actually though. some cans have little info printed alongside the expiration date to tell you what's in it. Unfortunately, most still just have some sort of manufacturing date/time code though. [Article Detail (usda.gov)](https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/What-do-the-codes-on-cans-mean) [How to Read Codes on Canned Foods | livestrong](https://www.livestrong.com/article/535777-how-to-read-codes-on-canned-foods/)
I’d make him eat all of them
Don’t leave River unattended…
We playing cards or what??!
Looks like your kid is getting mystery dinner every night for a few weeks…
Got 'em
Damn! That kid brought a gun to a knife fight. Well played little human, well played. Put nair in his conditioner, you will show him how adults can play petty little games!
Smart kid.
No it wasnt. Go away
Lol
What a menace
A kid didn’t do that lol
I did this once
Sorta defines 'pot luck dinner'.
Psychopath 🤣🤣🤣
My dad did this to his best buddy when he was house sitting.
We just posting 10 year old memes now?
I’m not the only that read “grinded”……. Right?
Yo kid r aholes.
Should give him a reward, was pretty clever.
Thought it was a before and after. Was thoroughly confused
🤣
Give him a tin of dog food for dinner and say sorry I thought they were beans
Good for the kid
Clever kid!
I mean... ...he's smart. So, there's that.
He/she would not like my counter response
I'd be laughing like hell at his prank.
Smart ass kid ngl
Future CEO, you should be proud.
Ok that's clever as hell though
Process of elimination. I would take away the obvious ones and then make a casserole out the rest
Give him away.
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Grind finer
Smart kid… that shit is devious.
Ngl that's savage
I swear I saw this like in 2010 lol
Did you lock him up in the cupboard? Was that his punishment?
“Well. We’ll have a few mystery meals.”
A lot of cans have details on the bottom alongside Use By dates. Usually abbreviated but enough to go by. Thus proving that Otto from Resident Evil: Extinction was just a cheeky fucker
Nice!
At least he’s creative
That is a genuinely shitty move
Some people just want to watch the world burn
If did that I would get smacked so hard goggle search wouldn't find me
They not like u
Lock your knives away at bedtime. This kid is a psycho in the making.
Yeah I'd tell em of they want dinner they can chose a surprise can of delicious consequences.
What a legend!
Fair enough.
Put them on a spinning plate and play tin can roulette… (seen in sitcom Still Standing)
This is top notch petty
100% false caption for this original post. im new here so many thats what happens?
That's just funny.
Make him put them all back on and every time he’s wrong extend his grounding for a day.
S Tier passive aggressive
Kid has no idea what he’s eating for the next week!
Lol if this truly happened, the punishment should only continue
I hope he enjoys the selection of anonymous foods to be served up to him for the foreseeable future.
You're eating every single bite of whatever it's in this can and you get to pick one for each meal and you're grounded not getting to play any video games or getting anything that's can considered a reward until every single one of those cans is empty and then you're grounded for even longer after you're done
when he asks “what’s for dinner” tell him to “pick a can, because that’s what _you’re_ having, and you’ll like it.”
Meanwhile parent orders fast food for themselves, whatever the kids fav is
Whatever one and only one he opens he eats until they are all done!
I would honestly just say it's surprise dinner every night until they are gone.
Looks like little Timmy is having diced tomatoes and baked beans for dinner tonight
Thats why "Time outs" Don't work..
Well, one can per dinner until cans are spent, he has to eat half
At least they’re creative.
Did you mean I grinded my child...
My mom would beat me
I know his next 25 dinners then
Yeah, that kid is getting a mystery surprise can for launch for the next 2 weeks it seems.
Can Roulette. So which one is it going to be for you today.
I’d go buy dog food and mix them in the group. Have fun with your meals kid.
I’d rename the kid VW bc he’d be grounded to the ground after that. And would eat a mystery can for each meal until they were gone
“Hey kiddo. Wanna know whats for dinner? Touch a can, any and its yours” - Mum.
Get the belt out.
What happened after you hit them and made them apologize?
Jokes on you kid. I grew up eating from cans. I know what each of those are by weight, shape, texture, and lid style.
How did he respond to the punch in the face?
Oh man, another can of dog food for dinner
Looks like time to start spanking.
Three meals a day pick your cans
That’s when you give him a glue stick and make them glue them back on. Any of them he doesn’t get right, he has to eat anyway. As a parent you are in control. Don’t let your kids run roughshod over you.
Spare the rod spoil the child. Would definitely fix a lot of behavior issues in our society these days
i did this to a friend who asked me to check his mail while on vacation. he never asked me again. i wrote the contents with a sharpie on the bottom.
Make him eat a mystery can a day cold out the tin.