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[quote=Anonymous]You can't make a child eat.  Well, maybe if you're the kind of family that regularly beats your kid, so he's used to it, but I don't think it's worth it.

For my kid what worked was to begin a policy that all that was served for dinner was what was on the table, but make sure that there was at least 1 thing that he liked.  So serve whatever you're serving the rest of the family with a side of fruit, or some rolls, or broccoli for the veggie.  Don't comment, or nag, just ask him "would you like some potatoes?"  "would you like some liver?" and let him say yes or no as he pleases.

Once he can handle that, start making subtle shifts in the food. I'd go very very slowly.  So, serve a fruit tray with blueberries, and pineapple, and mango and let him pick what he likes, and then later serve it like a fruit salad, and still let him pick it out.  Or put PB and toast out, and give him a knife but don't cut if for him, let him navigate that.  Just little tiny changes, but let them kind of add up.

Also, continue to eat out.  If he eats the rolls and a cup of milk, that's fine.  He won't starve.

He's only a few years away from his big growth spurt.  When that happens he'll be super hungry and if you've got him into the habit of trying new things (even little things like pb toast cut in 1/2 not quarters), and he knows that you won't short order cook, the growth spurt will help him find the motivation to move faster.  When your a teen age boy at a party, and all there is is Wendy's nuggets, you'll flex.  [/quote]

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