My DC are very small so not something to be too worried about yet but am interested to know. My DC are very unfussy but we often read at the table, do colouring and I don't mind them eating with their hands (within reason, not soup etc). At the moment I am mostly just so thrilled they'll eat a lot of different stuff as I can't bear it when children turn their noses up at everything (don't want to get into fussiness debate, not judging parents on this etc). But I think my upbringing didn't have much focus on table manners and I do wish I had them a bit more naturally. Don't get me wrong am not disgusting but for example, while I would never talk with food in my mouth it is something I have to remind myself not to do rather than something that comes naturally IYSWIM. I also remember once being absolutely mortified as I used my fingers to take salt out of the salt thing and not a spoon and was told off thoroughly by the parents. And I don't want my children growing up with lots of other parents thinking they are vile.
Obviously I intend to teach them basic table manners but for me I would rather they are eating their spinach with their fingers whilst doing colouring in at the table than sit nicely with knife and fork eating plain pasta and am interested to see how other people view it.
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Which do you value more for DC table manners or what they eat?
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sesamej · 01/08/2014 12:17
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