Author: Krystal Peterson

Question: when the kids don’t follow table manners and they are excused, are they excused for a certain period of time or for the rest of the meal? Meaning do they miss out on dinner and have to wait until breakfast the next morning? I’m struggling with one of my four boys (he just turned 11) who constantly needs to be told to close his mouth while he’s chewing, not talk with food in his mouth, stop making loud noises at the table etc… he’s also the last one to finish his meal every night because he’s doing so many other things and not focused on eating. in addition, he often says he’s hungry later and I struggle with should I give him more food because he’s a growing boy or is this a ploy to stay up later? I know if I excused him from the meal and that was it as far as food for the rest of the night there’s going to be pushed back in regards to being hungry later, but perhaps this is what I need to do so that he feels the natural consequences, just wondering how you do that when you excuse the kids from the table. Any thoughts or suggestions are much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Question: when the kids don’t follow table manners and they are excused, are they excused for a certain period of time or for the rest of the meal? Meaning do they miss out on dinner and have to wait until breakfast the next morning? I’m struggling with one of my four boys (he just turned 11) who constantly needs to be told to close his mouth while he’s chewing, not talk with food in his mouth, stop making loud noises at the table etc… he’s also the last one to finish his meal every night because he’s doing so many other things and not focused on eating. in addition, he often says he’s hungry later and I struggle with should I give him more food because he’s a growing boy or is this a ploy to stay up later? I know if I excused him from the meal and that was it as far as food for the rest of the night there’s going to be pushed back in regards to being hungry later, but perhaps this is what I need to do so that he feels the natural consequences, just wondering how you do that when you excuse the kids from the table. Any thoughts or suggestions are much appreciated! Thanks in advance!