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[quote=Anonymous]Definitely not too late. Here's what I would do in your case:

Make what you want to make for dinner. Everyone needs to try a bite and is allowed to say 'no thank you' after that, but no going on about how things are disgusting (they can leave the table and missed the rest of the meal; won't kill them and will only have to happen a couple times). Beyond that though, no pressuring or commentary from you to eat more and as much as possible, try to take the long view and not let it bother you that they are rejecting what you spent making that night.

Try to have something at dinner that is somewhat except able to them (served grilled cheese with your soup?) but don't make them a different meal. I get complimented all the time on my kids eating, but I do make some accommodation for them: just a touch of offending sauce on their pasta, a less spicy filling in empanadas, they get to skip the cabbage and salsa on fish taco night, stir fries with ingredients more seperated on their plates etc. We all get a 'side salad', but one kid skips the lettuce. We started family dinners when my 5 year old was 2 with this approach and he went from super picky to pretty adventurous.[/quote]

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