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[quote=Anonymous]My ex-husband and I share custody of our 16 year old daughter. One thing that has become a point of conflict is food at his house.

He doesn't make breakfast for her and basically tells her to grab a granola bar if she's hungry. She doesn't really complain about that, although I do make her breakfast every morning when she's with me.

The bigger issue is dinner. He makes dinner, but often it's nothing my daughter likes. He tells her she can either eat what he made or make herself a sandwich. He doesn't make her an alternative meal or seem concerned about whether she actually eats. As a result, there are days when she barely eats dinner and sometimes goes to bed hungry.

I find this upsetting because I feel like making sure your child is adequately fed is basic parenting. When I brought it up with my ex, he told me that if I want her to eat that food so badly, I can come over to his house and make it there myself. I told him, absolutely not—you need to make dinner for your own daughter.

I just don’t know what do anymore. How can convince to make her a proper dinner?
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