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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I require her to try everything. If she absolutely flat-out refuses, I revisit it another time and don't create drama. But usually she will at least try a bite or two. Especially if I start eating some of the food in question! She likes to be like the adults.

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OP here, it sounds like you are most like my relative.

How would you handle this circumstance:  Large family gathering, 25 people, maybe 15 dishes on the table, some of which your kid likes and is familiar with, and some they either don't like or aren't familiar with.

Would you still expect them to try everything?  Ask that the menu be paired down to not overwhelm them?  Choose which things they try?  Let them choose with parameters?  Say "It's Christmas!  We'll go back to the rules tomorrow?

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PP here. No, in a Thanksgiving-style setting with that many dishes, I would not require trying every single thing. But would require them to try a variety. No plate full of just yeast rolls. And I also tend to be a bit "when in Rome" in other people's homes and adapt slightly to the way the host does it. For example, my SIL serves more snacks per day than I personally would, but I'm not going to forbid DD from eating with her cousins just for orthodoxy's sake.

I would never ask someone to modify a menu for my child's purposes (unless she had a serious allergy or something).[/quote]

Darn,

I am really hoping to find someone who thinks what my relative does is reasonable, so I can ask them questions and maybe wrap my mind about what would work.

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