Let's play ANSWER THE 16-YEAR OLD!!!

[Robb]

Poll question: Let's play ANSWER THE 16-YEAR OLD!!!

:D

So you've made dinner, 16-year-old sez:

"Can I have some money to go to Subway?"

...YOU say:

[BoX o BooX]

1. "You'll get nothing and like it!"

Judge Smales KNOWS child-rearing.

[wtmusic]

2. You forgot:

"Back in the stocks cur, and let three day's hunger answer thy question!"

[Robb]

5. LOL!

"...Ye motherless mongrel!" :D

[bobthedrummer]

3. Robb is a dingbat!

:hi:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Fasting is a spiritual practice

eom

[Flammable Materials]

6. Better Subway than McDonalds. n/t

[HEyHEY]

7. Other: Cuff upside the head followed by a grounding

Good to see ya robb

[skygazer]

8. I answered "other"

Which would be maniacal laughter followed by, "You crack me up, kid. Sit down and shaddup."

[TexasLady]

9. when my kids dont like whats for dinner

i use that old line " Does this look like a restaurant to you?"

[NYC Liberal]

10. Fuck Subway....I'd go to Blimpies

:7

[teach1st]

11. Back in my day...

...we had to sell ten lids of Mexican skankweed before we could even afford to eat as Subway. Then we had to walk two miles to get to the restaurant, through the snow and past rabid hippies. And all they had back then was dry tuna fish served without any mayonnaise or cheese.

You kids got it easy!

[Hans Delbrook]

20. dry tuna fish served without any mayonnaise or cheese....

or tuna!

And you tell that to kids today and they won't believe you.

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. They'd make it out of broken glass and used hypodermic needles

and instead of putting it in bread, they'd smash our heads in with iron rolling pins. And we were thankful to have that much!!

Other kids had to smash their own heads in. We were lucky.

[420inTN]

32. Tuna-free Dolphin? LOL n/t

[jpgray]

12. How's it going, Robb?

Haven't seen you around these parts for some time.

:hi:

[Robb]

13. S'good, thanks!

Been a little busy what with job and new house-mate responsibilities. Solid, tho'... :)

[Radical Activist]

14. It depends: Did anyone ask the 16 year old what he/she wanted for dinner?

Before it was cooked. Would you like someone dictating what you had to eat everyday?

[put out]

19. No, I would not.

At 16, however, I could prepare the food which most pleased me. I could also buy it. Three year old little ones have their choices dictated. Sixteen year old people do not have their choices dictated. They are generally capable of buying and preparing their own, plus doing the clean up if they decline the meal being given to them. If they choose to whine and refuse what is prepared and offered, they might just a.) need a job. b.) learn to prepare meals which are more to their taste for the family. c.) get a clue.

[Courtesy Flush]

25. They're fucking kids, and they'll eat what's on their plate

When someone cooks a meal for me, I don't insult them by begging off in favor of junk food. The little assholes need to learn some manners now, or pay the price later.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

15. I'd probably say

"Nope, either eat what I made, fend for yourself or go hungry."

Now if THEY have the ten bucks (ten bucks?? to eat at Subway??) then that's a different matter. I try not to be too hung up on food.

But I wouldn't give it to them.

[sandnsea]

16. oh shit, not again

Didn't we just have a family food fight last Sunday??? I am so out of this one.

[DiverDave]

17. Get a JOB!!

and take us out to subway!!

[warrens]

18. Sure, in your next life

[MissMillie]

22. How about....

.... "Since I've made dinner, I'd really appreciate it if you'd have dinner w/ me tonight." ?


I think if we answer our kids with smart-ass answers, they learn to become smart-asses.

[tigereye]

39. good point Miss M

my son is a very picky eater, and lately I have said, that is what we are having, I do not want to make more than one meal. But when they are older, maybe they could use their nascent culinary skills so that everyone can enjoy.

[Der Blaue Engel]

23. Mmmmmm...Subwayyyyyy

Running to see if my 13-year-old has 10 bucks so I can go get some. :p

[Courtesy Flush]

24. This is an appropriate occasion for abuse

Teach the little shit some manners. You'll eat what's served, and at least pretend to like it.

Parents: you're making monsters. Wake the fuck up.

[redsoxliberal]

26. i was torn...

I am 15, so my opinion, for once, carries weight. :P

I said sub teacher*, but I was thinking also 'you'll get nothing.'

*Unless you are a specific friend's mother. In that case I would be in for it too! :D

[Scrooge]

27. calmly

I would not flip out, just calmly tell the kid, no, Ive made food. Thats it. No hystrionics. Just a simple no would suffice. I wouldnt allow my feelings to be hurt cuz I know how I tested my mom at that age. its just the age. no offense.

[shesemsmom]

28. I was torn to

between Set the table and the job thing. I have one almost 16 and she has actually said that with supper going on the table. *I don't like that, can I have taco bell*.......at that point, had to resist and remind myself why I didn't want to go to jail}(

[redsoxliberal]

29. what did you do?

[Lizz612]

30. "I'm not paying you to eat someone else's food"

But geez people, kids have preferences too. Let the kid go with their own money, or let them making something, but don't be stuborn. By 16 they know what they like and don't.

[redsoxliberal]

36. I'd be pissed if my hypothetical child did that

I'm 15, so you'd think I'd be sympathetic, but really... Robb has gone through the effort of cooking, the least the son can do is eat it.

[retread]

31. Hahahahahahahahaha!!! Please stop my side is hurting!!

*

[MrSandman]

33. Sure, I'm letting you go out at this time on a schoolnight...nt

[redsoxliberal]

37. haha, you're joking, yeah?

[MrSandman]

38. Ten miles from town...No...n/t

[Mr. Blonde]

34. I Like "Let me explain why you need a job..."

But then I'm a sarcastic person.

[Hippo_Tron]

35. Is it friday or saturday night?

My general consensus with my parents at age 16 was that I'd go out with my friends most Fridays and Saturdays and eat dinner with them the other five days a week. I was fine with it, they were fine with it. Although if I didn't have anything to do on friday or saturday, I wouldn't ask for money to go get subway. My mom's cooking beats subway any day.

[sariku]

40. Other...

I would answer something along the lines of "That depends, do you have $10? And if you do, you'll have to walk - I'm eating dinner. And while you're at it, pick up some milk, Freddy's is just down the street. Oh, and how is homework coming tonight?"