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[quote=Anonymous]I have 3YO twins.  We eat the same thing for breakfast. They normally have lunch at daycare (pre-quarantine time).  For dinner, depending on the day, we do some combination of food we eat and separate food for them.  For the most part, they will eat the protein we are eating (e.g., chicken, salmon, ground meat), and the carb we are eating (rice or pasta), but I do make them separate vegetables for the most part because I know they're going to eat it.  If I know they will happily eat a cup of broccoli or peas, but put up a fight over plain salad, then I would rather them eat their vegetables than have this absolute rule that they have to eat what I am eating.

There are also some nights where DH and I will want to make something a little more fun that might take some time to cook.  In these times, we sometimes just feed our kids something quick (yes, something like chicken nuggets with steamed veg and pasta), and they eat first while we cook, and then they can play a little while we eat.  It's not ideal, but DH and I will not get home until 6:30 or 7, so it's unreasonable for us to always be able to prepare dinner for the four of us at the same time everyday.  When this happens, we often all eat the leftovers together the next day.

Anyway, short answer to this is I do both - they sometimes eat what we eat and sometimes they don't.  Need to factor in time and what your goals are for the night - sometimes the goal is just making sure they eat full stop.  For me, as long they're eating pretty healthy foods on balance, then it's worth it to be flexible.[/quote]

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