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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like a situation that has been allowed to develop.  He has been getting away with stuff all along and it has manifested itself at the dinner table.[/quote]
Spoken like someone who is fortunate not to be able to relate.
OP, I feel your pain. My 8 yo is a terrible terrible eater. I think worse than yours, as he will not let a vegetable pass  his lips and mostly just wants to eat bread or pasta.  I do NOT make special meals or let him eat dessert.  He is the youngest. The others are 12 and 15 and have always been less stubborn about it. He often simply does not eat dinner, and then he eats a ginormous bowl of cereal for dessert.  I have to make him eat fruit before he has more cereal.
I find it impossible to keep all junk out of the house, because of the older kids, but I suppose if I were more disciplined we'd have nothing but healthy choices around. I think I keep junk to a minimum, and the little one thinks it's totally unjust that he doesn't get to eat the same snacks as his siblings.  One frustration I have is that I feel like everywhere I turn other people are offering him stuff that fills him up so he doesn't need to eat dinner. (ex. birthday parties, snacks at friends, events at school, etc.) I just keep telling myself that he probably won't eat like this when he's 30. Somehow we need to get from now to then.[/quote]

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