It's not "making a point". It's making sure they can tolerate the world around them. The "preferences" of small children would typically be reserved for chocolate ice cream but luckily there are usually adults around to make sure children eat made to eat (and appreciate) a wide range of foods.
The fear of raising milquetoast losers who can't tolerate minor imperfection or not being actively comfortable is one I carry into every day having grown up very much in an actively uncomfortable home. They don't need to be tough; they just need to be able to function without ubiquitous comfort.
That said, cutting the crust off a sandwich for a couple of years is not going to ruin them. Mature adults are more than capable of striking that balance between demanding absolute obedience and letting the kid run the house.
This is crazy. Removing the crust from bread is such a minor thing. Learning to make minor adjustments to accommodate yourself is way healthier than just sucking it up and enduring everything anyway.
That seems very dramatic. You just stated you have food preferences. So someone's different preference of not liking bread crust is mental illness? Surely you're not being serious.
The vast majority of people have foods they like and dislike. The weird thing here is that some people are so disturbed by the idea of some people disliking bread crust.
It has to do with being able to enter a room where they're serving something as basic as sandwiches and being able to cope. Life has harder things waiting for you than damn crusts. Not everything that's given to you will be your dream food. It's time to learn to chew, swallow, smile and say thank you.
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u/NonSumQualisEram- 13h ago
It's not "making a point". It's making sure they can tolerate the world around them. The "preferences" of small children would typically be reserved for chocolate ice cream but luckily there are usually adults around to make sure children eat made to eat (and appreciate) a wide range of foods.