Was it normal for some parents to force feed their kids in the past?

Question

I (then 9 years old) still have that terrible memory of my father getting frustrated when I felt disgust for a food and didn't want to eat. I believe it was some type of sensory with certain foods that provoke feelings of nausea or something. I just didn't like any food and still don't as an adult. I feel repulsion towards pizza, esp if it has tomato sauce and cheese, yuck.

He kept repeating ''eat already, eat, eat'' and used too much force in trying to desperately place the spoon in my mouth to the point of causing me a nosebleed. He said something like ''no, darn'' and rushed quickly with cottoms and hydrogen peroxide. I ended up not eating any further. He was upset and concerned that I would starve. Suddenly my appetite began increasing several months later and I got used to some other foods.

My younger brother (when he was either a toddler or very small child) used to at times get threatened with a belt for not eating. I don't recall getting threatened with a belt for that but I still could taste that horrible spoon being forced fed in that manner.

Anonymous · Answer

Not like that but it was very common to force kids to sit there until they had finished their food even if they didn’t like it. Both at daycare and school I was forced too. I had to sit at the table alone for hours because I refused to eat. At school they had an older kid (only 2 years older, we were like 6 and 8) stay inside with me during recess to make sure I sat there and didn’t leave until I ate. The teachers left. The girl tried to convince me but I couldn’t eat so she ate my food so we could leave and when the teacher asked her if I ate it she said yes. All all of this bs thaught me was to throw my food at the floor so the teachers thought I had eaten and allowed me to go outside.

Anonymous · Answer

There is usually some kind of speech about not wasting food and stuff but what you are describing is pretty excessive and not normal

TonyMetal___1986 · Answer

We have all had such bad experiences with food being forced and shoved in our mouth! There's a difference between not having an appetite and our bodies repulsing certain types of food...

Nikki1989 · Answer

Veggies is the predictable answer.

Kelly6 · Answer

@Vesuvius87 It is normal as most kids don't know what to eat and what is best for their body growth

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

I dont think it was

Was it normal for some parents to force feed their kids in the past?

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Was it normal for some parents to force feed their kids in the past?

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When you were little did your parents made you eat seafood, meats, vegetables and other things or did they let yoi eat what you wanted?

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