The next time pizza is ordered for the family I'm sure it will be delivered when someone else is at home and the kids dinner will consist of whatever his minimally accepted food is. Boiled chicken and peas for instance. If he goes hungry then good.

i had the joy (not) of watching my SD eat pizza on Sunday. she had sauce ALL OVER HER FACE. I mean, all over - cheeks, around her mouth. maybe its cute if she were 2 or 3. she's nearly 14.....

My DD20 baked a pan of brownies and my SD12 ate the whole pan. DD was NOT happy and told her so. That was back In January (2014)when SD first moved in with us. She's improved since then. Apparently she'd never been taught in her whole life how rude it is to scarf down a pan of brownies made for the whole family. She also used to eat a whole bag of chips in one sitting, several ice cream bars in a row, etc. Like I said, she's doing better now (though she did eat almost all the banana bread a couple nights ago). Small steps... little victories.

As the bio of a DS13, I can tell you that kids at that age are selfish, self-absorbed and clueless about everything that has to do with anything but themselves. THAT is why they need a parent to TEACH them these things, or at least TELL them to be considerate of others. For example, my DS13 LOVES my spaghetti. We're reached a point where I make a WHOLE BOX of pasta. Still, if we don't watch, he will scoop at least HALF of it onto his plate and leave the other half for DH, DS6 and me. Now, I will also say that kids at that age, especially boys, usually go through a growth spurt and start to eat A LOT, so that has to be taken into account (unless they're overweight, and then of course, the amount and type of food has to be closely monitored.) My DS13 is extremely skinny & UNDERweight, so I almost NEVER stop him from eating as much as he wants for dinner. With the spaghetti, however, I make sure he leaves enough for the rest of us and fills the rest of his plate with the side veggie, salad & bread I usually make with it. Unless your SK11 is overweight, it sounds like you either need to order more pizza or, better yet, order salad with it.

Either pick the pizza up or have it delivered when you know you will be there.

That was PIGGY!! That is what I would tell that teen. It does happen with teen boys - but DH should tell him it sucked.

Good luck

I've dealt with selfish skids that will eat all the food KNOWING that the meal is for everyone. Man I have stories upon stories of the skids screwing me out of a meal because they were too selfish to share or consider others.

On a somewhat related note, the other thing I used to hate was when my SKs only liked ONE THING I made, say Mac N cheese, and they proceeded to eat ALL of that, leaving NONE for anyone else. My DH usually would NOT call them on this because he almost never said anything remotely negative to the SSs during visits for fear they would not want to visit, which they ultimately did anyway. Now, with my and DH's bios, DH has no problem calling them out (mostly DS13) on eating too much of anything. Of course, I agree that he should be called out, but I disagree with the double standard.

The other week, I brought home a dozen donuts for me, DH, and SS15. When DH got up, he called me into the kitchen and asked me how many donuts I'd eaten. I'd had one. There was ONLY ONE LEFT in the box. SS15 had eaten TEN donuts. DH was NOT happy! He called SS15 into the kitchen and asked him how many donuts he ate. "Uh...I dunno." "HOW MANY?!" "Uh...a lot." DH told him that we were supposed to SHARE the donuts (wow, what a concept), meaning each of us got three and that SS15 owed me $6. I love that man!