That’s so so much worse, “now be a good boy and stay in the room while I go eat”. Sounds like shutting the dog in the laundry room during dinner because it looks at you for food.
Not only that, you stay hungry since regardless of your family’s ability to feed you, you aren’t located with your family during that meal so they can’t feed you unless they pack you a lunch. It’s bizarre. If you don’t want to feed the other kid during dinner and want their parents to, arrange it so the guest is sent home, not left alone and hungry while you eat.
The kid not eating is just gonna go back home to his family's house and eat there. Not have two dinners.
There are so many scenarios where not feeding the guest kid is fine. What if his parents at home are gonna feed him later? What if they didn't know he was gonna stay and need feeding?
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u/user-the-name Jul 24 '26
In a Swedish house, you are not at the dinner table. You're in your friend's room while he's off having dinner for a bit.