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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she know how to cook?

I would allow my teen to make whatever they wanted (within reason) if they didn’t like what was being served. There is no way in hell *I* would be cooking extra meals several times a day for a teen. She should be able to eat whatever for breakfast - cereal, a smoothie, bacon and eggs, or whatever, as long as she fixes it. Don’t want leftovers for lunch? Fine - make yourself soup or grilled cheese.

She also needs to cook dinner at least once a week.

But...she’s doing this because she can. You need to let go of her eating what you fix - she doesn’t have to, but that doesn’t mean you or your wife have to fix her something else.[/quote]

OP here. Yes, kid knows how to cook, to a degree. She's just lazy, and has a limited palate, and expects her parents to serve her. Wife seems to be ok with that, and seems to expect me to be as well. Maybe this post belongs in the relationship category, although it's an issue of different parenting styles as applied to a difficult kid.[/quote]

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