![]() ![]() If the youngest hogs all the fries, I give him an angry, “DUDE.” Even my wife thinks I’m being too much. If my older son eats roasted vegetables with his fingers, I chastise him on the spot. I hassle my kids, especially the 14-year-old, all dinner long. It’s now I who am the manners cop at the dinner table. Then she’d tell me THAT was rude, too.įast forward three decades and WHO’D HAVE FUCKING GUESSED. I’d roll my eyes, and then ask my mom why she was such a tightass about etiquette. I spent the bulk of my tween years being corrected at the dinner table, and I found it deeply annoying. If my sister hunched over her plate, my mom would correct her. ![]() If I cut my steak but then didn’t transfer the fork to my right hand to take a bite, she’d correct me. No chewing with my mouth open (still a struggle). When I was around your daughter’s age, my mom was a real drill sergeant about manners at the dinner table. Will she ever get this, or is it a lost cause and should I resign myself to doing extra laundry until she goes to college? I have to remind her of this literally every time she eats. You lift the spoonful of soup over the bowl and bring your mouth to it, so that anything that falls drops back in the bowl. I have seen other, much younger kids who instinctively can do this. She is bright, physically capable, and able to think critically about complex social issues… but she is not capable of leaning over her bowl/plate when she eats. Today, we're talking about Taylor Swift, toilet reading, realtors, Best Actor, and more. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. ![]()
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