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Originally Posted by raetonycass 
Doesn't allowing the kids to fend for themselves if they don't like what you prepared for dinner increase your grocery cost each month?
Doesn't allowing the kids to fend for themselves if they don't like what you prepared for dinner increase your grocery cost each month?
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Originally Posted by raetonycass
When I had to prepare 3 meals at dinnertime (not for my kids but for my 2 cousins I was babysitting) I had to prepare the family meal plus corndogs and tater tots for one and chicken nuggets and mac n cheese for the other. It wasn't my grocery bill but I can imagine it would have to add at least another $20 to my aunts grocery bill every 2 weeks.
When I had to prepare 3 meals at dinnertime (not for my kids but for my 2 cousins I was babysitting) I had to prepare the family meal plus corndogs and tater tots for one and chicken nuggets and mac n cheese for the other. It wasn't my grocery bill but I can imagine it would have to add at least another $20 to my aunts grocery bill every 2 weeks.
It didn't really cost me more. If anything it cost me less. If my kids didn't want what I was making they usually got a peanut butter sandwich with fresh fruit. I don't buy a lot of processed food so I wasn't feeding them corndogs, tater tots, or chicken nuggets or anything like that which might be more expensive. They were getting simple, but wholesome food that didn't really cost that much and we already had on hand. So it was easy, and affordable, and it was following my pediatrician's guidelines of not making food an issue.
