Do you make alternative dinners for your kids if they don't like what you made?

[Anonymous]

Nope. I put a lot of effort into a home cooked meal most nights. Take it or leave it!

[Anonymous]

Hell no. Kid has one picky friend whose mom is a short order cook. Will make pancakes or chicken nuggets or whatever her kid wants every night. She's always astonished when I tell her he ate a full plate of our family meal, including veggies, when he stayed for dinner after their weekly play date. Kids know that I will not bend.

[Anonymous]

No alternatives. Always at least one-two side items being served that I know they will eat (vegetable, fruit, bread, etc). Required to try everything. No dessert or after dinner snacks unless they eat at least half of every portion served.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If so, what are your easy go tos?

If no, what do you do when they refuse to eat the dinner or don't eat much of it and are still hungry?

No No No. They eat what I make. I won't cook other foods. If they are still hungry after dinner they are free to eat fruit.

[Anonymous]

No alternative. They eat what we eat or they don't eat.

Kids will eat when they're hungry. If they're just being picky or in a mood, well that's fine but they don't get anything else. It's not like we're making huge extravagant meals with ingredients they don't like or have never tried.

[Anonymous]

DS is only 2.5 so perhaps take my advice with a grain of salt. But he eats what is served or he doesn't eat. We don't force him to eat, but we are very firm that what is available is what is served. We try to hold really firm to this to prevent the issue spiraling into picky eating as he gets older. Earlier this week he didn't want to eat what we made, so eventually he went to bed without having had dinner. He did, in fact, survive until his next meal - breakfast.

[Anonymous]

No. I don't want to have one of those losers who grow up only able to eat grilled cheese. Picky eaters in general are just sad.

So- they eat what we eat. And they really love it all

[Anonymous]

Absolutely not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I don't want to have one of those losers who grow up only able to eat grilled cheese. Picky eaters in general are just sad.

So- they eat what we eat. And they really love it all

I'm a picky eater and was forced to eat whatever my parents made for dinner. This alone does not prevent someone from being a picky eater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I don't want to have one of those losers who grow up only able to eat grilled cheese. Picky eaters in general are just sad.

So- they eat what we eat. And they really love it all

I'm a picky eater and was forced to eat whatever my parents made for dinner. This alone does not prevent someone from being a picky eater.

Maybe it's an innate deficiency then.

[Anonymous]

I don't make another meal, no.
If the kid really doesn't like any of the meal (rare), he can eat leftovers or make himself a sandwich. Plus, they are always welcome to fruit, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hell no. Kid has one picky friend whose mom is a short order cook. Will make pancakes or chicken nuggets or whatever her kid wants every night. She's always astonished when I tell her he ate a full plate of our family meal, including veggies, when he stayed for dinner after their weekly play date. Kids know that I will not bend.

You haven't met my kid yet ... a kid can miss one meal... mine would go days when we tried eat it or don't eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I don't want to have one of those losers who grow up only able to eat grilled cheese. Picky eaters in general are just sad.

So- they eat what we eat. And they really love it all

I'll gladly have what you call a loser child than have one who turns out nasty and selfish like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I don't want to have one of those losers who grow up only able to eat grilled cheese. Picky eaters in general are just sad.

So- they eat what we eat. And they really love it all

I'll gladly have what you call a loser child than have one who turns out nasty and selfish like you.

Well congratulations, you're well on your way.

[Anonymous]

No way.

There's milk and always plenty of fruit/veggies around if you are hungry. I make one meal a night and if you won't eat it, too bad, I'm certainly not making another meal.