{"id":5885,"date":"2022-02-12T05:57:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T05:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/parenting-tweets-mealtime-with-kids\/"},"modified":"2022-02-12T05:57:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T05:57:06","slug":"parenting-tweets-mealtime-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/parenting-tweets-mealtime-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"16 silly and unsavory truths about the job that is feeding kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, food, kids and parents. What a complicated trio it is. In some cases, kids refuse to eat anything but buttered rolls. In others, they get more food on the floor than in their mouths. And, perhaps in the cruelest twist of all, sometimes parents are forced to eat their candy in the broom closet instead of where it&rsquo;s meant to be eaten: mindlessly in front of the TV or while standing at the countertop, staring off into space. Thanks, kids.&nbsp;<\/p><p>From the amazing mess that can result from a solitary granola bar to the gross habits we pick up as parents, here are 16 hilarious tweets from parents about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/12-tricks-to-fix-a-picky-eater\/\">mealtime with kids<\/a>. Got a wet nap handy?<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-it-s-actually-a-good-idea\">1. It&rsquo;s actually a good idea.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They should sell food in tiny, one-bite portions for when your child says they want to try something new, then takes one lick and declares it gross.<\/p>&mdash; SpacedMom (@copymama) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/copymama\/status\/1189173062203248640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-when-the-kid-actually-makes-sense\">2. When the kid actually makes sense.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4-year-old: Can I have some of your candy?<br><br>Wife: I got this for Mother's Day.<br><br>4: You're only a mom because of me.<\/p>&mdash; James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/XplodingUnicorn\/status\/863526506835980288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-a-disgusting-point-you-never-thought-of\">3. A disgusting point you never thought of.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[At dinner] <br>Daughter: Daddy, how much of this meatball is meat? <br>Me: Probably like 90%<br>D: So it's 10% balls? <br>Me: *spits out food*<\/p>&mdash; Tim (@Playing_Dad) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Playing_Dad\/status\/683447581154893824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-when-the-kids-both-want-a-sweet-treat\">4. When the kids both want a sweet treat.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValeeGrrl\/status\/662801890112049156<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-soooo-you-don-t-like-them\">5. Soooo &hellip; you don&rsquo;t like them?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eating green beans in our house can be quite an adventure <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/hatesthem?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hatesthem<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/greenbeans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#greenbeans<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/food?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#food<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/pickyeater?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pickyeater<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ibkR2xQrDe\">pic.twitter.com\/ibkR2xQrDe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chris Walker (@chrisw985) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chrisw985\/status\/1072661251426320384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-all-this-can-be-yours\">6. All this can be yours!&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cynical_Parent\/status\/1148361153007017984<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-did-you-have-a-good-time-at-school-today-little-buddy\">7. Did you have a good time at school today, little buddy?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apparently I pack an apple in my 5 year old's lunch so it can get out of the house for a few hours.<\/p>&mdash; Brian Hope (@Brianhopecomedy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Brianhopecomedy\/status\/323837114842234880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2013<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-a-little-mealtime-reverse-psychology\">8. A little mealtime reverse psychology.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When I want my kids to eat something the best chance I have is to put it on MY plate, where apparently food becomes immediately appetizing.<\/p>&mdash; Jennifer S. White (@yenniwhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yenniwhite\/status\/765163658053836800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-seriously-this-was-your-favorite-yesterday\">9. Seriously, this was your favorite yesterday.&nbsp;<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Parenthood is full of surprises. Fix your child's favorite breakfast, yogurt with peaches, and SURPRISE! They now hate yogurt. And peaches.<\/p>&mdash; MyMomologue (@MyMomologue) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MyMomologue\/status\/877906880856719364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-at-least-they-re-eating\">10. At least they&rsquo;re eating?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Her: All our children's snacks are organic.<br><br>Me: Cool. My kid eats candy off the floor.<\/p>&mdash; Northern Lights &#129430;&#128034;&#128056; (@PinkCamoTO) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PinkCamoTO\/status\/493060185792188416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2014<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-you-do-see-the-irony-right-kiddo\">11. You do see the irony, right, kiddo?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Toddlers: I don't want to eat my dinner! It's yucky!<br><br>Also toddlers: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z28EuRp5TJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Z28EuRp5TJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; HowToBeADad (@HowToBeADad) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HowToBeADad\/status\/848366417242083328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-12-ahhhh-that-was-a-good-one-mom\">12. Ahhhh, that was a good one, mom!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I made food for my son, set it in front of him like he was going to eat it and then we just laughed and laughed.<\/p>&mdash; Mommy Cusses (@mommy_cusses) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mommy_cusses\/status\/701196754834714624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-13-how-did-this-even-happen\">13. How did this even happen?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Before I had kids, I didn't even know it was possible to destroy an entire house with a granola bar.<\/p>&mdash; Lurkin' Mom (@LurkAtHomeMom) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LurkAtHomeMom\/status\/518106708456255488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2014<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-14-why-do-you-even-ask-guys\">14. Why do you even ask, guys?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When your kids ask what's for dinner, the answer doesn't matter.<br><br>They will react like you're about to feed them marinated monkey butts.<\/p>&mdash; Elena (@ElenaChainHelp1) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElenaChainHelp1\/status\/828672683118309376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-15-parenting-win\">15. Parenting win &hellip; ?<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At dinner tonight, my son crawled under the table and bit his brother&rsquo;s leg. <br><br>I&rsquo;m just happy he ate something.<\/p>&mdash; Robert Knop (@FatherWithTwins) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FatherWithTwins\/status\/1129185440794271744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-16-if-our-childless-selves-could-only-see-us-now\">16. If our childless selves could only see us now!<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just ate some half-chewed food my son spit onto his plate. Parenting has reduced me to some kind of disgusting bird-man. DON'T LOOK AT ME!<\/p>&mdash; Dad and Buried (@DadandBuried) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DadandBuried\/status\/677294442055925760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents get real (and funny) about the hardest job in the world \u2014 getting kids to eat without the fuss. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1273,"featured_media":60076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2022-02-12","view_count":2739,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member-type":[3],"vertical":[6,17],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-5885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","member-type-seeker","vertical-children","vertical-child-care-advice","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":"2019-12-05","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5885"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228358,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions\/228358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=5885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}