'If one kid wants dinner now, then I make dinner': Mom criticizes babysitting grandma for offering her son fruit instead of cooking dinner 2 hours early

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    r/AmltheAsshole u/False-Reindeer6326 21h AITA for telling the grandkids to eat some fruit if they were hungry Not the
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    I don't know if I did anything wrong. I have been babysitting the kids after school at least once a week. I usally make some dinner and we eat usally around 6. Today I was babysitting and the kids came home. Tim 12 was especially hungry and asked me to start dinner at 4.
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    I told him to go eat some fruit as a snack and wait for dinner. He told me he didn't want fruit and asked me to make the food now. I told him no, that he can eat a snack. He was pissy the rest of the night. My daughter came home a little after 7 and Tim went up to her claiming I starved him and wouldn't make dinner early. I explained I offered him some fruit to tide him over and he didn't want it.
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    This is we're an argument started, my daughter saying if one kid wants dinner now then I make dinner. I told her I offered a snack and he can wait he is fine. I am not babysitting for her anymore, she is I about that and thinks I am a jerk
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    Kitastrophe8503 - 21h Aficionado [16] Lol I'm sorry, what? This conversation has happened in every house since we first figured out carbohydrates. Eat a piece of fruit. Have a snack. Learn to self regulate. The entire house doesn't change what its doing because the little princeling is too precious for carrot sticks.
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    He's 12 and he's figuring out where he stands. If you teach him that demanding everyone drop everything to cater to his whims and then tattling on grandma (ffs) gets him what he wants you know what he grows up into? Cuz I do. I've met that kid's future. He's the pile of anger management issues that - at age 40 - still lives in my parents house, stomping around throwing tantrums while everyone else walks on eggshells. I grew up with that little AH. Trust me. Having an apple will do him some good.
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    buttpickles99 - 20h Aficionado [11] I agree. OP, your daughter is failing your grandchildren by turning them into entitled Good for you for not putting up with that and no longer babysitting. She is going to struggle to keep another babysitter with this attitude. It's only a matter of time before she comes crying back to you. I hope you continue to stand your ground. 5.1k
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    Boomer79NZ • 20h THIS. What a spoilt brat. 1.2k
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    TRIS Mimis_Kingdom • 21h Partassipant [1] NTA. No child has starved to death by having to wait for dinner to be served at its regular time, and little Timmy isn't the only person in the house. There are others in the home to consider. I have news for Mom, you can't run/schedule a household based on the appetite of a preteen/teen boy. This is about the same age my stepson learned how to cook bacon (like an entire pack!) on his own, and would eat it before starting his homework, which he did in th
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    BlazingSunflowerland • 20h At 12 he should be very capable of making himself a snack and then eating it without everyone else having to have an early dinner. He should also clean up after making the snack. He's way too entitled. He'll expect a partner to wait on him hand and foot. Mom is ruining his future. ... 1.4k
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    FragrantEconomist386 21h Supreme Court Just- [146] • NTA. One kid does not get to decide when dinner is made or served. He was offered some fruit. Some cereal or bread could also have been a reasonable alternative. If your daughter runs after her kids' last little order like that, she certainly has enough on her plate. Unfortunately she is not raising her kids well. Kids must learn that their needs can be met a bit later than they'd like, and that this is not the end of the world. Of course kids
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    jenorama_CA • 21h If you're not hungry enough for an apple, you're not truly hungry. 871
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    False-Reindeer6326 OP. 21h I agree with that, if you aren't hungry for any fruit I don't think you are actually that hungry I think you a bored or want junk food. I know I have been guilty for eating when I am bored. Of course texture issues not counted in this. 938
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    Scorp128 21h If I read correctly, the child in question is 12. That is plenty old enough for this kid to start helping with preparing meals and learning how to cook some basics. This is a life skill! You are not running a diner. Dinner is at 6pm. Having a snack to tide one over is reasonable if they cannot wait until 6pm. 4327 ...
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    20h Yeah he sounds just like my son. My son is 3.5... 104 ↓ Sudden-Requirement40 K
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    JsCTmav 21h Professor Emeritass [73] ● NTA in any way here. First, I had to laugh - I can remember my mother saying the exact same thing to me if I complained I was hungry before dinner. A healthy, light snack is perfectly appropriate in such a case. Your daughter's reaction was absolutely horrible. She's not doing her children any favors, and you're completely justified in refusing to babysit if she's going to act like that. I might reconsider (after she apologizes and lays down the law with he
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    IflCouldStay. 21h Partassipant [1] Right. I remember that too. "Mom, I'm hungry." "You know where the refrigerator is." 4278 ↓
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    Tella_Fone 21h ● ΝΤΑ This is we're an argument started, my daughter saying if one kid wants dinner now then I make dinner. I told her I offered a snack and he can wait he is fine. I am not babysitting for her anymore, she is about that and thinks I am a jerk I can see where your grandson gets his sense of entitlement. I can not imagine telling my mother or mother in law to drop everything and start cooking dinner because one or both of my children were hungry and refused a snack. You offered you

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