If your child ate with their mouth open, would you tell them?

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Chefpig · 18/09/2026 19:16

I see so many kids eating with their mouths wide open these days. Have people forgotten basic manners and etiquette?

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Cel77 · 19/09/2026 07:43

Chefpig · 18/09/2026 19:16

I see so many kids eating with their mouths wide open these days. Have people forgotten basic manners and etiquette?

My kids tell my husband not to do that! Probably because they heard me aaying it a million times.

TheFairyCaravan · 19/09/2026 07:49

I used to tell my children to close their mouths because it wasn’t a washing machine so I didn’t need to see what was inside it. Recently, I heard DS2 saying the same thing to 2yo DGS, who does have very good table manners tbf.

We’re on holiday atm and there’s so many children in restaurants, eating with their mouths open, while watching some crap on a screen.

TallSturdyGirls · 19/09/2026 07:52

ChiliFiend · 18/09/2026 23:04

I tell my children every mealtime - literally. It's not working. They have started telling each other to eat with their mouths closed while eating with their own mouths open.

This is my teens. So annoying.

FlopsyMopsyCotton · 19/09/2026 08:22

Yes. It’s gross.

StandFirm · 19/09/2026 08:38

Chefpig · 18/09/2026 19:16

I see so many kids eating with their mouths wide open these days. Have people forgotten basic manners and etiquette?

Absolutely. And also if they eat with their elbow on the table and slouching. No need to tell them off or say it unkindly. I tell them mouth open is off putting to others, and an elbow on the table whilst slouching looks like your hosts/friends/whoever you're dining with are boring you. And no phone at the table if we eat as a family (not to be an old-fashioned idiot but because I quite like a conversation amongst actual humans).

Stickthatupyourdojo · 19/09/2026 09:08

Yes I do correct table manners in my children. They’re pretty good for mouths closed but need constant reminders on using cutlery properly and touching their food with their hands. The trouble is my mum thinks that putting her hand in front of her mouth means it’s perfectly polite to continue talking to us with a mouth full of food. If we’re eating with my children in tow I’ll say things like “sorry mum I can’t hear you” or “it’s okay enjoy your food and then tell us” as I know I’d embarrass her if I was direct but equally I feel sorry for my children not saying anything when I’m correcting them!

lottiegarbanzo · 19/09/2026 09:19

Of course, it’s disgusting.

I do think adults talk with their mouths full more commonly than they used to, or it’s become more accepted. You see people on tv reality programmes doing it all the time. Not full cement mixer style though.

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