AIBU to think sometimes adults should have nicer food to children?

[ImperialBlether]

Something on another thread made me think of this.

I was one of a very big family. My mum always cooked lovely home made meals.

Occasionally my dad (and sometimes my mum) would have different food to us. For example, they might have chops, when we'd have sausages. We loved sausages but we would have loved the chops, too. But when you have a very large family, how can you afford lamb chops for everyone? Half of my siblings were boys and ate a lot, too, so you'd be talking about three chops vs three sausages.

I never felt deprived because my dad had chops when I couldn't. It wouldn't have occurred to me. Similarly if he had Stilton and wouldn't let us taste it, I didn't feel deprived. Envious for quarter of an hour, maybe, but not deprived.

Now in my own family there are some things I like, eg fresh anchovies, which on the one hand I'm lucky my children won't eat anyway, but on the other I wouldn't want to pay for for all of us.

Obviously this is a financial issue. Given the money, my mum would have fed us all organic lamb chops morning, noon and night.

But if money is an issue, is it wrong (as many suggested on the bacon thread) that the children shouldn't eat what the parents eat? Shouldn't there be some privileges for being adult? (And of course I'm not suggesting children go hungry!)

Figs the way I read the OP was not that children and adults should not have anything different -of course they will -DD chose rolls for lunch,I prefer salad but whether adults should have nicer food inferring that DC could eat food of an inferior quality because they were DC.

Thinking back this was the attitude during the 70s when I was growing up. The DP would have steak and we would have something cheaper because we were "only" children. Mind you I had a lovely Auntie who had a biscuit tin she would only get out for us so it wasnt all bad

As far as our family goes, I can sum this thread up in one word - 'Yougurts'.

I have yummy Activia. DC get supermarket own brands.

Otherwise we all eat much the same.

iscream has it right...and I don't think there is anyting wrong with keeping a cake hidden for yourself or a nice yogurt...but when it comes to steak and fish being "too good" for the DC that' just shitty.

Buy enough for all or not at all.

I wouldn't even hide a cake or a yogurt. Why?

I grew up eating the same meals as parents, but they would occasionally get a pizza late at night when we were all in bed... but we usually got a piece for our lunch the next day.

DD eats the same meals as we do. The only thing she doesn't get is the liquor.

My friend told me once of an incident with herself. She caught sight of a box of chocolates her mother unpacked from the groceries. Her mom said they were hers and my friend was not to touch them. Friend scoured the kitchen for them at the first chance she could, ate almost the whole box, and had the runs like mad. They were a box of chocolate flavoured laxatives.

Alcohol is the only thing that I can think of that would be adult only.

exotic because otherwise I wouldn't get any! They eat them all.....I don't usually want anything like that until the evening and by then they've been like locusts and all the treats are eaten

I would have the same, but they know they can't just help themselves to treats.

My dad often had a piece of steak while we had egg and bacon. He worked incredibly hard doing a manual job, and it was his Friday night treat. We all appreciated how hard he worked and liked to see him happy

With my DD we all eat the same food at the same time. If we were to have a piece of steak, DH would have a one piece , and me and DD would share the other.