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[quote=Anonymous]1 . Two weeks.  Step grandkid.  You don't have to fix this, you just have to make your table a reasonably comfortable place to be.

2. You can ban complaints about the food and discussion about how it fails to meet standards. In my family, everyone has to compliment the cook after eating a first bite.  A real discussion about the pros and cons of a given dish can occur after the compliment*

3. It isn't so hard to provide something plain alongside whatever else you are doing, or serve the odd ingredient in a separate bowl.

4. I know you like "world cuisine", but it truly is the case that some are more physically sensitive to spice than others, so please respect that.

* In my house, everyone has to compliment the meal prior to eating it.  This rule started when my child was four, and somewhat fussy.  We scripted the compliments so he still had something nice to say when he hated it.  This is how we got around the lying issue.

I also meet him half way on some things:
* mushrooms always cut big enough to be picked out.
* eggplant in a separate bowl.
* he will eat collards, and I promise not to serve kale.[/quote]

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