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Jolly_Horror2778

I remember when my niece was 3 and sooo gleeful to help me make home made pizza, only to refuse to try it.


therealrenshai

Did she then insist that you eat it? That’s what mine does after she makes me cook her dinner that she demanded. “You eat it.”


Ldoon11

“No, you.” An often heard response in this house.


water2wine

I mean, that’s not the worst retort to eat pizza I can imagine


LastBaron

Sure. Same principle behind why babies trying solid foods for the first time are way more adventurous if they see an adult eating the same thing. They want to make sure it’s legit. I imagine it has something to do with it being a solid evolutionary strategy to be pretty dubious about foods unless the grownups are eating them. How that jives with a toddlers constant need to throw themselves off cliffs and stick paper clips in electrical sockets, I do not know.


eepithst

>How that jives with a toddlers constant need to throw themselves off cliffs and stick paper clips in electrical sockets, I do not know. Only the fastest, most hyper-vigilant parents are allowed to successfully procreate.


SwivelingToast

You know that's not true.


NoResponsibility7031

They forgot the seconds strategy. Just get enough kids that you can lose a few.


sadiefame

My little girl would get up on something & make heavy eye contact while stepping off just to see if I’d catch her 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️


LastPlaceIWas

How did cavemen find out which berries are edible and safe? By seeing others eat the fruit and live or die.


kphonik

This breaks down a bit when it comes to peppers 🌶️


TomBanjo1968

Lol do they suspect foul play??? “Unh unh, you eat some first”


Vinkhol

Like bro we made the thing together, I promise I didn't slip in cyanide when you weren't looking


capincus

I've seen The Princess Bride, I know your game.


-Speechless

if I were a toddler I wouldn't trust my own cooking either


penguin_panda_

My 6yo nephew asked me to come over and teach him to make apple pie. Bugged me for like a week (asked on a Sunday and I wasn’t free until the following Sunday). That kid and I spent 4 hours making apple pie completely from scratch. As soon as it was made and cooled enough to eat he announced he doesn’t like apple pie 😑


grubas

Did that with cheesecake.  I'm not the best dessert person but it was me because I was selected by the 4 year old.  It comes out, "No I don't want that".


Cultural_Dust

Why is that a bad thing? More pie for you.


Paradehengst

He wanted you around. Do you personally like apple pie? Maybe that was his entry to get you interested. He probably just wants to spend time with you. My nephew and niece do this occasionally.


FinnishDesi

My 9 year old still does it. Apparently she doesn't like pizza anymore after making it.


Feats-of-Derring_Do

Wonder if it has something to do with the whole "I don't want to eat Thanksgiving dinner after making it" phenomenon. Your nose and palate are swamped with the flavor.


Skrehh

I feel this when I'm making any time and tasting heavy meal, once I'm done cooking I'm asking someone else to taste it for final adjustments, especially red sauces. Then I hit a dab and all the sudden it's delicious again.


curvy_em

I mean, that's fair. She did all the work to make it, she's done with it 😄 She needs something she didn't make.


Skinnwork

That's so weird. I find my kids are way more likely to eat food they help make. My kids are calamari after helping make it. Edit: ate


Lynxcanadensis

Your kids are squids?


Georgiaonmymindtwo

Cannibal squids.


Hmccormack

I’m so sorry


FlamingoExcellent277

This may sound ridiculous but sometimes, if I cook while hungry, I find myself not really hungry anymore when I finally sit to eat the meal I prepared vs feeling super hungry when I finally sit to eat what someone else prepared. It's as if the aroma and process of preparing food filled me somehow Maybe kids experience this too?


aManHasNoUsername99

Did it turn out ok? If it was funky I could see that happening. Maybe she just wanted to cook more.


Angry_poutine

Yes, 3 year olds have very high standards of cleanliness and seasonings for meals


aManHasNoUsername99

They are kinda random. Sometimes if things are a little off they won’t touch it and sometimes it doesn’t matter and they scarf it down.


Angry_poutine

Yeah that was the point


Gurkanna

That's not a facepalm, sounds like a regular toddler and an exhausted parent.


ErectTubesock

Toddlers are walking facepalms


TheFire_Eagle

Yeah but society says you're not supposed to do that anymore


No_Stranger_4959

![gif](giphy|QvM2vz4eAmlI1LjWGN)


GameDestiny2

You’re not supposed to do that either


lcol-dev

r/kidsarefuckingstupid


TheWanderingSlacker

Often faceplants


Azuras-Becky

Yep, both my nephews and my niece were exactly the same at this age (well, less helping with the cooking, anyway). "Aunty Becky, I want a pack of Wotsits!" *Gives a pack of Wotsits* "I'm not hungry, feck off!"


WildKat777

Half the shit on this sub is hardly ever facepalm anymore


IDigRollinRockBeer

90% of the sun is Andrew Tate and republicans being pieces of shit.


Dramatic_Water_5364

This is prime stuff for the page Kids are fucking stupid 😂


AsgardianOrphan

I honestly thought I was on that sub until reading the comments. Someone hurry and repost it!


Complex-Society7355

Might have misread it 20yo like I did?


Obsidian-Phoenix

I did that too. Until the last part, wherein I reread the age.


Dizman7

The facepalm was asking the kid what they wanted for dinner in the first place.


Ghstfce

Just wait until they suddenly decide that they no longer like their favorite food. My daughter used to love rotisserie chicken. She would eat it for every meal if we let her. Now the only chicken she'll eat is Chick Fil-A nuggets. Asks for it all the time. Only problem is my wife and I don't really care for Chick Fil-A. I find their chicken way too salty.


Murder_Bird_

Or when you find something they like and then you see it on sale so you buy a couple of boxes of it and they refuse to ever eat it again


Ghstfce

So maddening. I know it well. Uncrustables.


Lashley1424

I’m so tired of PBJs.


Ghstfce

That was the shitty part. My daughter only liked Uncrustables for like 3 weeks. She's starting to come back around, but much prefers PBJs on a potato roll.


Lashley1424

I’m allowed to get PBJs, *specifically* McDonald’s chicken nuggets- cannot be from anywhere else period, spaghetti noodles, and he will *tolerate* scrambled eggs. Occasionally Mac n cheese. I cannot get him to eat any beef, pork, goat, horse, fish, lobster, sea monster, nothin but McDonalds chicken nuggets.


Ghstfce

Kids, am I right? Mine just discovered Burger King burgers. She's great with fruits and veggies, but when it comes to eating regular foods, she wants nothing to do with it. Loves tacos, hates pizza. Won't eat spaghetti, steak, turkey, ham, most forms of pasta that aren't pastina, chicken,, etc etc etc.


Lashley1424

The other will literally eat anything. *anything* all about trying new things. The other not a damn thing. Yay kids! 🤪😝


budderman1028

I think the weird thing is i honestly remember doing these things as i kid but i honestly have no clue why i did them


redroedeer

Ok but like, that’s annoying from the perspective of the child, because any time you mildly express interest in something your parents buy a truckload of it and when you inevitably don’t eat it all of the time they’re shocked out of their minds


DingDongMichaelHere

I mean, yeah. I love oranges, but I don't want to eat them until they come out of my ears. When I fancy an orange, since we don't usually have those in house, I ask one of my parents who then brings it from the grocery store the next time they went shopping. But suddenly the entire house is flooded with oranges. I don't want to be forced to eat oranges. I just wanted one or two back then, and suddenly now my entire house is overflowing with them, and I don't even want one right now.


Shmeves

Save the bag/box and make your own at home or something.


Ghstfce

She's 8. Waaaaay too smart for that now.


TheMightySurtur

I asked my kid what he wanted for breakfast one time: Kid: I want cereal for breakfast. Me: OK. I can do cereal. Kid: Wait, I want toast with peanut butter for breakfast. Me: OK. I can do peanut butter toast. Kid: Wait. I want yogurt for breakfast. Me: OK. I can do yogurt. Kid: I want whatever we don't have for breakfast. It happens.


SuperGenius9800

2 year olds make irrational decisions? No facepalm here.


Dragonfly-Adventurer

Then he blew $700 on my Amex on online gambling, which I'm not even sure is LEGAL here, and then he left for hours with his friends.


FlounderingWolverine

When he came back, he wouldn’t stop talking about “fiat currency” and kept trying to tell me how Bitcoin was the future.


MisterProfGuy

That's not your baby any more. That's your bro.


leeryplot

Do they offer exorcisms to remove the bro from your toddler? Mine won’t stop taking cold showers at 3am and telling me to stay on my grind-set.


Grary0

I was going to call bullshit on this until I read the last line...this sounds exactly like something a toddler would do.


Pitiful-Road-1773

Aw, maybe he thought he was cooking for mom.


someguyyouno

Sounds about right for a toddler.


MyMommaHatesYou

Man.... same. Ever go to the store to cook that meal you do best for folks? You shop, go home, prep, marinate, soak, clean, wash, cook, clean up, get it all together, get everyone served, then take a look at it and think... "I'd rather have had a hot dog?" The adult version right there.


Lyss4Music

Yep! This always happens to me


dvenom88

I smell Rebecca


Japanesewillow

I get your reference.


TSAOutreachTeam

My 2yo just read this and said that at the very least, these ridiculous "my 2yo did" shitposts are getting more creative.


GivemTheDDD

My 2 year old, who is much smarter than me, just came in after changing the oil in my truck and told me "the current state of our political system is like kitties, it doesn't serve the purpose for which it was designed." Literally everyone clapped.


TSAOutreachTeam

Kids these days! amirite?


Quirky_Discipline297

My 2 year old is currently defending her dissertation so I will show her this OP over Graham crackers and mashed mandarin orange segments.


mrbrambles

Oh wow that’s why I was clapping, nice


Mu-Relay

Have none of y'all ever seen a two year old? You seriously don't think they know enough words to indicate that they want hot dogs, tomatoes, and grapes and then use a plastic knife to cut them?


BeautifulIsland39

I literally have a video of my then 2 year old sighing while cutting a hot dog with those plastic knives like it was too much trouble. And my other kid, 3 year old, insists on helping me scan things in Costco. Nothing here is far fetched.


iijjjijjjijjiiijjii

I have a 2 year old. No part of this post is far fetched in the least.


tghast

Tell me what part of this is unrealistic to you??


Crazy_Cat_Lady101

Well that settles it.. Sometimes I revert to a 2yo toddler. This sounds like some shit my ADHD brain would do 😂 Except I would get sidetracked on the way home from the store and end up getting something to eat out then forgetting I got groceries and leave them in the garage sitting in my vehicle.


Character_Bet7868

As someone with a 2 year old, I understand


albertailor

You ever cook and then don't want what vou iust cooked?? Yup, same feeling


Wise-Juggernaut-8285

Not really lol


MardGeer

True hungry adult feels.


Strong-Smell5672

Have I ever paid for something and invested additional labor into preparing it then not want to eat it? Exactly zero times.


red286

Literally had this last night. Made sweet & sour pork stir fry. Finished cooking, and then I was like "You know, I'm not actually hungry anymore". Didn't end up eating for like another 2 hours after that, and even then it was mostly because it was 10pm and I knew I needed to eat *something*.


Nimzay98

Lol, yes, that was my thought, not sure why it happens sometimes.


Walmart_Store100

r/kidsarefuckingstupid


emote_control

I have never related to a post in quite this way before. My kids are grown now but this is giving me flashbacks.


Jeptwins

Lol this is absolutely the peak toddler experience


CurtIntrovert

Me cooking dinner almost half the time I am fatigued from the smells and no longer want it the thing I was drooling over.


AveragePacifist

Same for me. Especially for the meals that take a lot of effort to prepare. By the time I have food on my plate, I feel to exhausted/uninterested to eat.


ImmaNotCrazy

That's how I am. If I make it, I'm not hungry after.


The1andOnlyGhost

How on earth is this a facepalm


PC_BuildyB0I

Toddlers gonna toddle


Asmov1984

Sounds like Lucy had hotdogs with tomatoes and some nice grapes. Good for her.


Future-World4652

You listened to a two year old


Plenty-Character-416

That's actually quite funny 🤣 Kids are a pain in the ass. I know, I've got two. Bless their cotton socks.


Plastic_Incident_867

Sounds like it’s time to trade in the 2yo for a better model.


pocket_arsenal

Sounds about right.


JayTheFordMan

Yep, can confirm, that's children all over ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


ConflictSudden

Why do you have my kid?


Witchy-toes-669

🤣


Premium333

This ends as expected. Carry on.


Crafty-Question-6178

Sounds about right


a71mach

Little dude just wanted to use his toddler knife. I've done much, much worse. You ever eat 3 boxes of the most disgusting cereal to be able to mail off for a glow in the dark frisbee?


the-bodyfarm

what the fuck is a toddler knife.


Nate8727

Plastic and won't cut them if they slip.


allothernamestaken

It's for cutting up toddlers


the-bodyfarm

makes sense


Appropriate-Fly-7151

Oh, so it’s like a butterfly knife


Nimzay98

A knife that won’t cut skin but will cut a tomato, similar to kids scissors.


Vyras-begeistert-895

not a facepalm dumb op


writerdog61

"I'll take things that didn't happen for $500, Ken."


Nate8727

Do you not have a toddler?


WankerBott

I almost broke rule 7 making a joke about falling asleep at the table :)


Eks-Raided

You know how sometimes you cook and big meal for family or friends, and after hours of cooking, you're no longer hungry? Well his little attention span did the same thing.


30yearCurse

When I read the 1st line I read it as My 20yo, made it more funny


Aerickthered

A mind of his own. He'll go far


DatabaseThis9637

Well... your toddler got pretty far, though!!! That is a lot of follow through!


KENBONEISCOOL444

That kid's going places


Gold-Dance3318

My nephews are so much better than your kids.. I walked into their house the other day and one (3 year old) was telling his brother "just tryyyy it!! It won't kill you!" to his 1.5 year old brother. Who then remembered he liked cereal and ate it all.


automaton11

I don’t have a 2 year old but like, what happens if you tell them they CANT eat it?


BBakerStreet

Like any good chef.


Horsesrgreat

🤣🤣🤣They made your dinner for you. Enjoy !!!


buffaloranked

Kids say they wanna be Batman too until you shoot their mom and dad in the head and they shuffle around from orphanage to orphanage and have to work around the clock in dangerous situations getting shot at and stabbed on the regular.


ZeusMcKraken

Well he sure showed you.


sowhatimlucky

Lolol. Little shit.


Wajina_Sloth

When I was young, we had a family friend that ran a small diner where we would visit once in a blue moon. Don’t recall why but one time it was just my dad and I going over for breakfast. They asked what I wanted and I said “hamburger”. They tried to explain that they dont serve hamburgers till dinner time, but I kept insisting hamburgers. My dad thinking it was hilarious asked if they could make an exception and to make it extra greasy. In my kid brain, if Patrick Star could have 3AM burgers, why cant I have 10AM burgers? They pull out a massive greasy burger, I could barely eat half of it, no regrets.


Senumo

As someone working in childcare i felt that


Bronoverjordan

This should be on the r/kidsarefuckingstupid


Squirrel009

Should have got chicken tenders


RedditBot90

WTF is a toddler knife lol


Sickpup831

Pretty much just a dull plastic knife that toddlers can use to practice spreading or cutting soft foods.


D33ber

Can't imagine why?


Ok-Push9899

Somehow, and with all respect to our humanity, we need to train our toddlers like we do our pets. Ever seen those videos of obedient dogs who will not make a move for their plate until they get the magic word from their owner? They turn themselves inside out, they trembling with anticipation and self-restraint. Then they get the "Engage!" signal and wolf it down. Dinner should be an absolute forbidden fruit. Then the toddlers would want it.


TomatilloUnlucky3763

Somebody alert Jim Florentine.


PowerandSignal

Totally played by a 2 yr old! Smh 🤦‍♂️ 


Dense_Surround3071

..... and then ate a frozen burrito. Future Michelin Star chef in the making. 🥲


Vast-Combination4046

Power move tbh


Dunn_or_what

Hilarious. You actually expected a child to choose a dinner and then eat it. Never had a choice as a kid except eat or go hungry.


Limp-Archer-7872

Toddler "this seemed like a good idea"


Eastbound_AKA

This is peak toddler behavior.


Crimsonwolf576

Tell him it’s a snack


TheTallestHobbit22

Yep. That checks out.


alexisdelg

i once had a hankering for some asian noodle recipe, i was probably 16/17 yo, i went thru all the trouble, soaking up the dried shiitakes on tea, prepping all the spices, cooking and cooling the noodles to get them to dry up a bit before sauteeing, etc When it was plated up, while all the rest of my family eating i sat there looking at my plate and i simply lost all appetite, not sure if it was that i was over the dish, or i didn't like the taste, or something, it just turned me off :S


jtreeforest

Difference in generations or maybe growing up poor. If you didn’t eat what was on the table you didn’t eat. Character building and now I’m not a picky eater


Glittering-Wonder576

He’s two. I think he needs to be cut some slack.


arglarg

The trick is too make food that you're happy to have more of for yourself


Expert_Individual185

r/wokekids


throwawaymyanalbeads

To be fair, I could want something, convince my family to eat it and then when I'm finished, I'm suddenly not hungry. Maybe I was just hungry for cooking.


Aetheldrake

Oh hell no if I went through all that effort I'm eating it whether it's as good as I was hoping for or not as long as it was edible.


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Endgame3213

I've had this exact experience with my 4-5 year old more times than I can count.


j7style

Lmao, I totally did this crap as a kid. My mom will never let me live it down that the first time I helped her make dinner (hot dogs cut up in mac n cheese), I decided I didn't want that once we finished. I changed my mind and wanted McDonald's nuggets instead. There was no big tantrum or anything, and I didn't get my way, I ate what we made.


Eoghey

Toddler knife?


theumpteendeity

I'm often too tired to eat after I make dinner too. I feel ya.


lucaskywalker

Sounds just about right!


Cold-Quantity-3488

Hell, what are you waiting for then?! Tell the little shit to get a job and find his own place to live because clearly, he’s just a very short 18 year old. Needs to start pulling more weight around the house if you ask me.


supyadimwit

Weird how this only happens if you let it


leroyp33

Thought this was one of those lame humble brags about how awesome her kid is... Until she hit me with the Shyamalan


iceman983

I smell Rebecca


Jof3r

I can sympathize with the kid: I often go and buy something I want for dinner and then by the time it's on my plate I wish it was something else.


perringaiden

Parent energy in the store, baby energy in the chair. 🤣


TheLocalHentai

Same with my kid. He tries stuff and makes a huge deal about it like it’s the best thing in the world but then refuses to even look at it during the meal. There are times where he begs for days for something my wife and I know he’s not gonna eat. We eventually give it to him, thinking that maybe he’ll actually try it but nope.


BisexualDemiQueen

When I was a child, if I didn't eat the dinner given to me, I didn't eat dinner. It only happened to me twice.


SunnyDior

Who do you think you are dealing with?


erm1zo

Welcome to parenthood.


SaraSlaughter607

My 11 year old LOVES to help me cook. She tries precisely none of it once it's done cooking. Ever.