To think a 10 year old should eat crusts

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My stepson is 11 in a few months and only eats the middle of his sandwiches and then is hungry 1 hour after lunch and grazes on snacks all day. I don't understand why, at nearly 11, he is having his crusts cut off or being allowed to leave them. Is this normal? Do lots of people leave their crusts? Fyi he doesn't have any problems with swallowing or have any allergies.

I am 54 and don't eat crusts.

Boys that age eat like horses. YABU

A lot of people must be the same as you can buy crustless bread

My daughter doesnt eat crusts, I dont eat crusts why make it into a big deal?

This is on the list of small problems, isn’t it?

Some people don't like crusts, no biggie

Eating the crusts wouldn't have any impact on when I was next hungry I don't think, maybe you need to up what you're feeding him in general.

Buy crustless bread?

I never eat the crust

I dont eat crusts. Never have. And I'm 50.

And I have curly hair despite my mother telling me if I didn't eat them I wouldn't 😂😂😂

Are you looking for reasons to object to him?

Knocking 40 and don’t eat the crusts unless it’s a particularly nice bread.

Buy wraps.

What else does he do that you find irritating?

In my view, the crusts are the best bits.

I don’t neither do my kids....
Perhaps give him more to eat doesn’t have to be bad for him but as a mother of 4 sons who eat me out of house and home boys do eat a lot and are seem to be hungry 24/7.

Doesn't really matter does it? As a teen I used to cut the middle bit our of bacon. DM used to say, "You won't do that when it's you buying the bacon"

I still do...

Why does it matter?

I don't eat the crust on most bread.

63 years of leaving my crusts and straight haired. Mum was right.

Crusts will not fill a child up.

The non eating of the crusts are not the reason he snacks all day.

It is perfectly normal to dislike crusts.

I hate crusts on bread and on pizza. Its not an age thing its a personal preference

My mum’s in her 60’s and doesn’t eat crusts! Although I could see it being annoying if a child literally takes one bite out of the middle (as some do) and leaves the rest. Perhaps buy rolls / wraps / bagels / pitta for a change?

I don't eat the crusts either!

1 adult 2 DC household, the kids are hungry not long after they've eaten and we all give our crusts to the dog

YABU sorry

35, don't eat crusts and pretty much never have done. Accept when forced as a child. Funnily enough the things I was adamant I didn't like as a child and would only eat when made to I still don't like as an adult.

I know adults who don't like crusts. My children will eat softer crusts but sometimes leave harder crusts. Doesn't bother me.

Pick your battles.

Have you asked his dad why he 'allows' him to leave crusts?
To be honest if you literally just cut off the crusts it's not going to affect whether he's hungry an hour later. Why not make him 2 sandwiches and soup, fruit etc at lunch as well. If he snacks a lot and you're concerned about the snacks get lots of healthy snacks in. He's growing and hungry. I don't think crusts are much of an issue.