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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry to be rude OP, but your kid sounds like a brat; "demanding" another meal.  And you're wife sounds like a doormat.

This is how it works in my house.  There are no other separate meals, my boys are 20 (home from college) and 15. It's one dinner for everyone.  We make food that we know everyone likes.  Sometimes there might be a slight accommodation if we know one person doesn't like something, ie. alfredo sauce on the noodles, which we know my youngest doesn't like, so we'll leave some plain noodles for him, but that's easy, doesn't inconvenient me, and doesn't take me any extra time.   And,  most important, he's not "demanding" I do this, I'm doing it because I want to.

This is how it's always been, so my kids know that refusing dinner is not an option unless they are willing to go without.  They are free to make a salad or a bowl of cereal or just eat nothing.  Honestly it's not a problem though, because 95% of the time we try to serve stuff that everyone likes.

Doesn't sound like your wife sees this as a problem and your daughter's now accustomed to this short-order cook situation that is going on.   Not sure what advice to give you, but good luck.  [/quote]  I'm the quoted poster.  I meant to also mention that our family is also pescatarian. [/quote]

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