149 Reviews of Your Kids Time out Lunch

From: V Ku'uipo V

On Sep 20, 2002

I thought this was funny. I understand the comments of those who were upset. However, I took it all that it was meant to be...a little humor. My family originates from an area that would be considered 3rd world by some people's standards. My kids aren't perfect but whose are? My kids sometimes need that little dose of reality to have an understanding of how lucky they are compared to others. We have children in this country just as much as any other country where they're having to dig out of trash cans to find food for the DAY, for their entire family. As I said before, I took it for what it was just a cute little joke...nothing more/nothing less. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion...this is mine

From: Debber

On May 15, 2007

I've got another good way to get your kids to appreciate the GOOD food you DO serve. We decorated gingerbread houses one year right after Thanksgiving, to have for Christmas decorations and to give away to friends. One Sunday evening when DH and I were out celebrating our anniversary (and G-ma was "babysitting"), two of my three snitched a major portion of the candy from two of the gingerbread houses. When I saw what the little thieves had done, I cooked up this lovely punishment: the next morning for breakfast, I dumped about a cup's-worth of jelly beans in their cereal bowls. "You want to snitch candy? Here...this is your breakfast! And here is some Mountain Dew instead of milk!" Weeping and gnashing of teeth. "No Momma!" They thought Mom was joking. Uh-huh! They giggled thinking this would be fun. About an hour later they came, telling me they were "starving" so I dumped out some more candy. The looks on their faces was priceless. The candy was looking decidedly LESS appealing, but they ate it. Lunch rolled around, I was making macaroni & cheese, and they were getting good and hungry by then. But I'm a MEAN MOTHER! I gave them another plateful (each) of one of the other kinds of candy they'd robbed from the gingerbread houses. "Eat up, cuz that's lunch. And here's some Pepsi." The other brother (non-offender) and I had a very nice macaroni & cheese lunch, whilst the other two were weeping and wailing. Oh, I savored and ENJOYED that macaroni and cheese! Mmm...mmmm....mmm! Tuff nuggies, kiddos! Afternoon snack time rolled around (did I mention we're homeschoolers, so they didn't get to run off to have a "nutritious school lunch!"), and they were BEGGING me to let them off the hook, with their pleading promises to NEVER do such a thing again! This happened in 2000 and every time we've made gingerbread houses since then we all have a good laugh about the TERRIBLE CANDY TORTURE Mom came up with! Thanks for a great recipe. Too bad more parents don't take training and disciplining their children seriously! I see too many spineless parents who let their toddlers get away with bloody murder and then when the kids turn into sassy, naughty preschoolers they wring their hands helplessly and when a mouthy, lipping-off teen-ager shows up at their home, parents wonder what happened and blame everyone else.

From: kimbearly

On Sep 12, 2002

i plan on serving this to my children tonight and may invite some of the neighbors children also!

From: Juenessa

On Sep 13, 2006

Great recipe. Very filling. A little time consuming to make, but worth all the effort for the end result. Only one thing--I wish you could have been a little more specific on the size water glass. I guessed and used an 8 ounce glass and the recipe still turned out fine, thus the five star rating.

From: mom of 4

On Oct 28, 2002

Now this is a good one!!! Just one question...is it still ok to cut the crust off??? HAHAHAHAHAHA

From: Denise Nachtigal

On Oct 25, 2002

Frankly, I think this is hilarious. However, if my parents had done this to me when I was a kid, I'm afraid I would have had a hard time trying not to laugh. I would probably never do this to my kids, but it's still really funny to think about. Lighten up a little, it's a joke.

From: Melany *

On Oct 28, 2002

falls over oh, the halarity! wish i'd thought of posting this recipe first. some ppl have no sense of humour. heaven forbid children should be punished (gasp)!

From: wildheart

On Oct 29, 2002

I have a little MacIver at my house, she would substitute a tortilla for the bread, mix with water, climb up the end of her bunk, unscrew the light bulb, jam the stuff in.... and use the resulting fire to send smoke signals: H*E*L*P...H*E*L*P...M*O*M I*S M*A*D C*A*L*L G*R*A*N*D*M*A.............LMAO in New Mexico, proudly rated America's third world country.....

From: yogi

On Sep 15, 2002

Having lived through raising 3 kids, I could have used this a few years ago:^) (love that it's whole wheat and not white, heehee)

From: SilentCricket

On Oct 27, 2002

If you look at the title, "Your Kids Time Out Lunch," that should indicate that this would be a meal fit for misbehaving kids. LOL! Were there any times that you have sent a child to bed without supper?! Perhaps your parents sent you to bed without any supper or you got up from the table in a fit and didn't eat any supper! I know a lot of times I may take life too seriously and my husband is telling me, "Take life a little easier..." Smile more! The world is so much more attractive when people are smiling! (I doubt if any of us would really feed our children bread and water, but aren't there times when you're tempted to?!)