1. When you need a tiebreaker
Me: Let’s eat chicken nuggets.
[one kid cries]
Me: How about pizza?
[other kid cries]
Me: Spaghetti?
[both kids cry]
We have a winner.
@XplodingUnicorn

2. When it gets down and dirty
The floor has been fed dinner. Oops, I meant the toddler! No, wait. The floor. Definitely the floor.
@TheDayleBland

3. When the grass is always greener
When I want my kids to eat something the best chance I have is to put it on MY plate, where apparently food becomes immediately appetizing.
@yenniwhite

4. When they’re too clever for their own good
Me: Finish your plate.
Daughter: I tried. I bit the plate but it was just too hard.
@ThePreciousMama

5. When you’re on a tight schedule
You could make dinner for a toddler, or you could just cut out the middle man & throw away a plate of food and squirt ketchup on the dog.
@simoncholland

6. When it’s clear they’ve had too much screentime
[At dinner]
Daughter: Daddy, how much of this meatball is meat?
Me: Probably like 90%
D: So it’s 10% balls?
Me: *spits out food*
@Playing_Dad

7. When you have a keen sense of reality
What’s your kids’ favorite food to heat up and throw away? Mine is french toast sticks with real maple syrup.
@rcromwell4

8. And when you’re not afraid to call them on their bullshit
My preschooler is a pretty picky eater for someone who snacks on boogers all day.
@WalkingOutside

9. When that was way harsh, Tai
4yo: You know what the worst food ever is? Poop and pee and this.
*points at the dinner I just cooked*
@TheGladStork

10. When suddenly it all makes sense
I’m lucky sometimes to get one meal in lol

@theEducator_Mom

11. When you start from the bottom up, literally
I literally just said: Pull your pants up, we’re trying to eat!
@MR_Beecher

12. When you’re not here for these childish games
Me: “Mac why ru spitting on the table?” Mac: “I’m making a swimming pool for my fork”
@GraceAllenD

13. When they’ve acquired new skills
My toddler is practicing magic at the dinner table as he makes food disappear into his napkin
@VictoriaMomca

14. When you know it’s coming
My favorite part of every day is exactly 3.8 minutes after dinner, once my kid has declared he’s “not hungry” then asks for a snack.
@Jenn_H_Scott

15. And when at least you still have your sense of humor
I made food for my son, set it in front of him like he was going to eat it and then we just laughed and laughed.
@mommy_cusses

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