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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can’t promise her the kids will eat any specific thing.  All you can do is offer the food.[/quote]

OP here,

Part of the issue is that they are more willing to force vegetables than I am.  Their approach is to put a meal, consisting of things their kids usually eat, on the table and tell them they have to eat it.

My approach is different.  But I know their kids well enough to be able to predict what they will definitely choose, and what they might try, and so I can usually put a meal on the table where vegetables get eaten, except then I get told that what I served isn’t a vegetable, or doesn’t count because it wasn’t a full serving, or that hidden ingredients don’t count or whatever.

I should note that if I was alone with her kids, I would probably just do it her way, but my own kids are there eating the same meal, and I feel pretty strongly about not forcing them.  [/quote]

DP - it’s your house, OP.  You don’t need to force these kids to eat anything and this relative is out of line to expect that you will.  You’re doing enough of a favor by babysitting; she needs to chill.[/quote]

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