Parents Share Why Their Kids Refused To Eat Their Food, Which Shows Just How Ridiculous Kids Can Be

Kids can turn the simplest meal into a full-blown mystery, especially when the reason for refusing dinner makes absolutely no sense to adults. One minute a parent is serving something they worked hard to make, and the next minute a child is acting like the plate contains a personal insult.

That is exactly what happens in these stories, where kids reject food for reasons that range from oddly specific to completely ridiculous. From fruit that is too spicy to sandwiches that look too cute to eat, the logic is pure kid chaos.

The best part is that every parent in these posts is left trying to explain the unexplainable. Read on.

1. Because a rat didn't make it.

After watching the movie "Ratatouille" 658,098,764 times and asking me to make what they made 787,628 times, I spent hours scouring the internet for the exact same recipe from the movie, made it, and now they can't eat it because a rat didn't make it.mykidcanteatthis

2. Because it's broken.

I can't eat it because it's his. So I guess we're going to have to put it in a raft, push it out to sea, and set it aflame using a flaming arrow, Viking style. RIP Pringle. Enjoy Valhalla.

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3. "It's too beautiful." She's crying actual tears of joy. She's 4.

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Some kids are moved by food in the strangest ways.

4. "Because it's too cute. I actually had to freeze it so it could stay like this forever and he could visit it."

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5. "Because it reminds me of Snow White." I told her that if this apple really could make her sleep for several hours, I would have cleaned the store out.

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6. "Because by removing the cherry seeds, I turned them into olives."

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7. Because it's cannibalism.

Because if Honey Nut Cheerios taste like honey and Chocolate Cheerios taste like chocolate, this one must taste like the cast of Frozen, and she doesn't want to eat Elsa.mykidcanteatthis

8. "Because the hairs disgust him. He's fifteen. Fif. Teen."

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9. "Because although he loves onion rings, he recently learned they contain onions."

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The reasoning only gets more unhinged from here.

10. "Because she doesn't like 'all the nipples.' Me: You mean seeds? Her: No, NIPPLES."

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11. "Because she asked for cheese and crackers, not crackers and cheese."

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12. "Because the grapes are too spicy. SPICY!"

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13. "Because there are too many spoons in the bowl. (You'll never, EVER guess who put them there.)"

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14. "Grilled cheese sandwich because it has a 'tail,' and he doesn't eat animals."

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15. "Because he doesn't like his food this fancy."

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At this point, the parents are just trying to keep a straight face.

This is also like the cousin feud over Grandma’s secret apple pie recipe, after the cousin insulted the cooking.

16. "Because they don't have heads. Side note: He bit all of the heads off."

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17. "Peanut butter and honey sandwich because the honey looks like a rabbit, and she doesn't want to wreck it. In her defense, it totally does."

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18. "Because she doesn't like the 'orange thing' on the bottom. It's her fork..."

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19. "Because he discovered halfway through that it isn't an Oreo. I never said it was an Oreo. He's crying. There is a crowd forming. Send help."

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20. "Fresh carrot from the garden because it has legs."

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21. "Because it's cold and 'tastes like you mixed a bunch of fruits together.' Um, I did."

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Some of these complaints are so specific they almost make sense.

22. "Because 'a mouse already had some.'"

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23. "I got a new toy and spent AGES cutting the boy's lunch out. Eddie took one look, sighed, and said, 'You shouldn't have done that.'"

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24. "Because she's a vegetarian. She wants chicken nuggets instead."

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25. "Because 'it looks like it needs a doctor.'"

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26. "Dumpling because, 'ewww, it has toes.'"

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27. "Because they're 'blurry' (wavy)."

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28. Because they 'break him.'

Because they're all 'cracked open like Humpty Dumpty,' and he 'can't eat things that are broken' because they might 'break him.' And 'no one would be able to put him together again.'mykidcanteatthis

29. "Because 'it has seeds.'"

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No one is winning against this level of toddler logic.

30. "Bat pasta - they cried because they couldn't understand it wasn't real bats."

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Wait until you see the daughter called “ungrateful” for refusing room-temperature dinner.