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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] OP here. I had no idea that my initial post would generate 11 pages of replies! Anyway, to clarify some of the questions some of you have raised. The reason why I say 'step' is because that is the truth. I don't have children and I'm in my early 40s. I don't see myself as a grandma but that doesn't make me terrible. The kid calls me by my first name and I am fine with that. People have commented that I don't know for sure that he doesn't eat vegetables. He once launched into a five-minute monologue about why even his grandfather shouldn't like to eat vegetables either. Of course, I won't be force-feeding him anything but I don't want to stand and listen to him complaining [b]"Ewwww…I don't like this. I want XYZ"[/b] But at the same time, I know I was raised in a different culture and that my approach about telling him that such behavior is impolite may be seen as being too direct (based on the responses here). I'm not his servant, I'm his host. I wouldn't feel any differently even if he was an adult.[/quote]

The kid is 12, not 2. He's definitely old enough to know better. The issue isn't just that he's a picky eater, it's that he's a picky eater who expects to be catered to. And he's completely rude about it when he's not. He didn't get this way overnight.

Where do people think that entitled adult picky eaters come from? It's because they were catered to as children and expect the same treatment as adults. There are definitely adults who talk this way. The adult picky eaters who are not this way- it's because the adults around them taught them better when they were kids.

Btw, I don't anyone who's on OP's "side" is saying force feed the kid. OP should do whatever she normally does. Once or twice week, she can do a pizza night or whatever he likes. And maybe they can go a restaurant once a week and he can order whatever he wants. But OP shouldn't change her entire dinner routine for 2 weeks just to cater to his pickiness. If the kid doesn't like what's being served for dinner, he should POLITELY decline. And if he's still hungry, he can make himself a sandwich or frozen pizza.
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