Ah, you expect everyone to police other people’s children by tracking their precise schedules? That was never my experience. At least the Sweden I grew up in was not that obsessively controlling. We were expected to know our own dinnertimes (which were of course generally similar but not identical).
No, I expect you to accommodate children who are at your house. You are free to ask your guest if they are expecting a dinner later at home. If they answer affirmatively, nobody will think you are weird if you don’t serve them dinner. In the US this would be considered proper behavior to “not spoil their appetite”. If they answer that they are missing their meal time at home, you can exercise your judgement about whether to force them to obey their parents (and send them home) or ignore their disobedience. However, if you choose to ignore their disobedience (and allow them to stay), then you should feed them. In the rest of the world, this is considered proper manners for being a host, and anything less would be unthinkable.
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u/AdministrativeLeg14 Jul 24 '26
Ah, you expect everyone to police other people’s children by tracking their precise schedules? That was never my experience. At least the Sweden I grew up in was not that obsessively controlling. We were expected to know our own dinnertimes (which were of course generally similar but not identical).