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[quote=Anonymous]We meal plan as a family once a week, so the kids know what to expect for dinner. I also started out giving my kids choices, but they had to eat their choices. I catered their choices to what I knew they would eat.  I also required that they taste (just 1 fork or spoonful) of the things they did not choose, if applicable. For example: baked chicken  - you get choice of what piece of the chicken and whether or not you get bbq sauce or gravy or nothing on it, vegetable/fruit - you get a choice of asparagus or apple sauce, salad - you get a choice of what type of salad dressing and if you want a special topping (my son loves nuts on is salad, my daughter loves raisins), carb - you get a choice of Mac and cheese or potatoes. So what if they start out eating a wing with bbq sauce, apple sauce, a mostly raisin salad, and Mac and cheese at 3 or 5... but the time they are 7 or 8 because they have tried the asparagus, potatoes,  and chicken breast they are. Dry likely to like and enjoy those foods as well.

As an aside, we also do a kids pick night where they get to pick what we have for dinner.... for YEARS it was Chick-fil-A, then for YEARS it was pizza, but the only way they have kids pick night is if EVERYONE ate their dinner 5 out of 6 nights during the rest of the week. Their siblings will strongly encourage them to eat and will even help the younger ones figure out the best choices to make when we are meal planning for the week.[/quote]

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