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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the title states...The kid in question is 12 yo and known for picking vegetables out of his meals for as long as I've known him. He also doesn't like anything other than American food and will make all sorts of remarks about how much he hates vegetables etc. DH said earlier today that "if he doesn't want to eat what we eat, then we can heat up something like a frozen pizza etc." while I disagree. I think that if we've taken the trouble of making a meal, he should be having what we're having and not be catered to. It's not like he's deathly allergic to vegetables. If the kid was just staying for a few days, I would let my husband just deal with it. However, it's two weeks so I will definitely be handling at least half of meal prep/cooking. I like to cook a variety of dishes from various non-American cuisines (FWIW, I'm German). Knowing how outspoken this kid will be about the food that is served, I plan on informing him at the start that his fussy ways won't be tolerated. That said, I wouldn't want him complaining to his parents that we were mean to him. Is my approach considered inappropriate to American parents? [/quote]

If you know he's fussy and don't want to tolerate his fussy ways, why have him as a guest?  At 12, if you started out a vacation by telling me my fussiness would not be tolerated, I'd have immediately called my parents and asked to go home because it would be clear I wasn't welcome.  It's two weeks, my kids love my mom's cooking and she still asks what they would like her to cook while they visit.  If he doesn't like vegetables, there are so many basic dishes that you can make without vegetables and then serve vegetables on the side for you and DH.  Would a couple weeks of America food kill you?  Would making mac and cheese, pasta or frozen pizza as an extra dish be that overwhelming, if you decide to must have nonAmerican food during the two weeks?  You sound rigid.  Don't have him visit, it won't be a pleasant vacation for him to be with someone so controlling. [/quote]

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