What do/did your parents force you into?

[Jssy]

Nothing. My dad used to say to me if I didn't eat my tea it would be heated up the next night but it never was. Stuff I hated he said I'd get what I was given but it never worked and I had eating disorders so it wasn't really effective. Never been forced to do clubs or anything as my parents aren't the type. I went to church and a church school club called Lazerbeams because I wanted to. Never been forced to play instruments as we couldn't afford stuff like that, Christmas was the only time I got treats. I did ask for guitar lessons but like I said my parents couldn't afford it

[Inseriousity.]

just eating food I never liked when I was younger. they wanted me to do maths instead but I didn't want to and they never forced it on me. They knew I wouldn't have let them

[tpittman-11]

Nothing at all. My father died when I was young, and my mom cared about me and everything but was really lazy. So I learned from her mistakes and became incredibly ambitious

[Lewis]

Nothing. What right do they have to force you to do anything you don't want to do (unless it affects them somehow)?

[le harry]

A law degree.

[Matt]

Don't think i've been 'forced' as such, just persuaded that it's for the best but the decision is mostly up to me. I know when I was younger they would make the decisions for me which was understandable but nah my parents know I make pretty good choices. My brother is a different story completely...

[AgnesIO]

force feeding your children something they don't like isn't teaching any valuable lesson.

Children shouldn't grow up in a culture where they can just waste food. I worked in a restaurant for a few months and grew sick of seeing kids not eat stuff on their plate "i don't like it [START TO CRY]".

Nothing. My dad used to say to me if I didn't eat my tea it would be heated up the next night but it never was.

You should never make a threat and not carry it out. Dad once put a toy on a fire after threatening to do it if I didn't pack away or something - he said he regretted saying it immediately, but once he had said it he wasn't going to go back on it Safe to say I learned the lesson

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I kind of just grew up to my parents expectations. I wouldn't necessarily be forced to do something, or achieve certain goals, but I could always tell their disappointment in me if I didn't which I guess always pushed me. Having said that, I would be 'forced' to do some cleaning or something, which is perfectly acceptable, and to be quite honest I find it embarrassing how few children in the West grow up with that sort of thing.

[scottish]

Children shouldn't grow up in a culture where they can just waste food. I worked in a restaurant for a few months and grew sick of seeing kids not eat stuff on their plate "i don't like it [START TO CRY]".

Why not?

If you don't like something, you don't like it. You should never be forced to eat something you don't like..

Same as if you're full, you're full. You shouldn't have to finish everything that's on your plate if you can't manage to eat any more.

[Empired]

Children shouldn't grow up in a culture where they can just waste food. I worked in a restaurant for a few months and grew sick of seeing kids not eat stuff on their plate "i don't like it [START TO CRY]".

Whilst I see your point, one of the problems with overeating in the western world is because we feel compelled to eat everything on our plates even if it's too much. I think they did an experiment with one group of people being blindfolded whilst they eat and another group not on Embarrassing Bodies. The blindfolded group ate less than half of what the group with sight did!

Unless you mean refusing to eat vegetables/only eating chips, children should be taught to eat healthily. But there's a difference between not eating any vegetables and actually not being able to swallow courgettes (me).

[Jssy]

No children should never be forced to eat something. They have to eat, but I'd eat and still be forced to eat stuff I hated it which led to my eating disorder. I have the problem most with mince and sweetcorn and those are foods I was forced to eat when I didn't want to and now my relationship with food is love/hate. Its not always practical but I think children should be given choices then if they don't eat it the parent could say but you chose it, rather than serving them up the same foods and forcing them to eat it. If I didn't eat food I got my pants pulled down, smacked and had to sit on the sofa all day in silence, if I needed the toilet I had to ask my dads permission and I swear that is where my relationship with food went wrong