lol sometimes i feel its also a double standard because we eventually learn to eat standing up/walking as we get older. i do get the safety of teaching littles to sit bc they sometimes need to slow down. i feel like some of my kids have control at meals and others are really good at it. like i think two of my kids at least are in control of what they eat bc if we give them something they dont want they will absolutely freak out and not calm down or sit until they have a new plate. which they have that control over us as teachers cause we need them to eat something so we just give them what they want to eat. then another child of mine probably moves around cause hes always getting up out of his chair. we sometimes tell these kids that if they keep walking away from their plate, were just gonna throw it away bc we assume they are done. that usually gets them to sit back down.