Terry, I like burnt bacon. Maybe it's the result of growing up the daughter of a bad cook.
Also what happened to the outcome of your family meeting - "respect me or I go"?
I agree with letting husband handle things but not at the expense of your loss of respect. If you're going to let husband's way prevail, you need to have him more on deck and doing stuff. He DID come in from outside.
Why did difficult child want cereal? Did he want it as well as what you cooked? If so, I would let him have the cereal unless you're concerned about dietary issues - in which case, don't have anything in the house that difficult child shouldn't be eating. We don't restrict calories here, we just try to keep the diet as balanced and healthy as possible. Ice cream is rationed. I bake my own bread and put an egg in each loaf to boost the protein. I let the kids choose their own meals, within reason, but they have to help prepare it if it's too complex. If I'm too busy they have to cook it entirely (such as easy child 2/difficult child 2 & BF2 wanting pasta for breakfast - THEY have to make sure they have time to cook it, eat it and clean up). I figure, letting them cook their own meals at least partly means that when they leave home, or stay over, they can pull their weight and not be floundering or buying expensive and unhealthy takeaway meals.
Marg
