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Chaunie Brusie

Mom | Writer | Nurse

January 4, 2018 By Chaunie

Can Someone Explain to Me Why My Kids Turn Into Animals at Meal Time?

Here’s the thing: I’ve been a parent for almost a decade now. I have produced four human beings whom, on the whole, have pretty good manners. They say “please” and “thank you,” they help around the house, they clean their rooms when I ask, and they are well-behaved in public.

But when it comes to mealtimes? They are absolute animals.

They slurp and eat corn with their fingers. They chomp and chew with their mouths open. They stand on their chairs and demand food by pointing their forks at each other, grunting in some sort of secret language only they understand.

Meal after meal, day after day, my husband and I instruct them to sit down, use your utensils, ask to pass the dish, remember your manners, SIT BACK DOWN FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THIS IS GOOD. And the single most irksome behavior at the table from my beloved offspring is a behavior that I still, to this day, can not understand. Every mealtime, without fail, morning, noon and night, my children insist on sitting sideways in their chairs.

Do they sit facing straight, so as to actually position their mouths over the plate that is designed to effectively get their food properly into their faces? Of course not. Instead, they insist on sitting sideways, their bodies pointing towards any direction but their plates, their hands flailing through the air, spewing corn and salad and bread and butter and chicken and broccoli around the house, splattering the walls, and littering my floors.
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Try as I might, insist as I do, it’s like their natural stance is to sit sideways, cross-legged, or upside down instead of sitting like a normal person on a chair to eat. And I’m at my wit’s end. Maybe I’m just a terrible parent raising terrible children, or maybe there’s a deeper theme to explore here: that children simply turn into different creatures at mealtime. And hopefully I’m not alone.
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Hi, I'm Chaunie and I'm glad you're here! I admit this blog is a bit rusty, as most circa 2010-blogs are, but like us elder millennial moms ourselves, I figure it can still get the job done, am I right? So here's the deal: I'm a mom of five kids, teen to toddler, I've been a writer for about 10 years, mostly penning health articles in exchange for money to pay my bills, but after I was laid off, I decided it was now or never and I'm writing my first novel in a month. And I want you to be part of the process with me. So subscribe and get weekly emails with my latest juicy drafts. It's going to be fun. Read More…

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