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[quote=Anonymous]At age 8, you can go two routes that would make your life easier.

1.  You make one meal, you simply state that is what is for dinner.  And don't allow any variation.  Personally I make sure to have one thing on the table that I know my son will eat.  But I also tend to do #2.

2.  You do the above, BUT, if your child chooses not to eat it, they can get themselves something.  I use this a little with my son when I try more adventurous food AFTER he tries it (he does have to take one bite).  Since he is only 6, he can go get a yogurt, or ask for me to reach the cereal.  But I'm thinking an 8 year old could make his own toast, and spread the peanut butter.  I will say, for awhile my son got such a kick out of this that he purposefully wouldn't eat dinner.  So this can backfire.  But that ended quickly.  But my son isn't super picky.  This was to stop me from purposefully planning meals I knew he would like.  This way I introuce more foods to him.

The point of both is to just end the arguigng and the struggle AND cause no more work for you.  [/quote]

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