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Or if it is fine and not worth the dinner power struggle to refuse to give her anything but what is actually for dinner.[/quote]

I'm not sure it matters either way honestly (I'm the pp with the 4 year old). I don't have a super rigid approach to this situation. I usually tell my 4 year old that there won't be any snacks after dinner (which frequently works to get her eating the main dish after the fruit is gone), sometimes if there is a dessert or treat she wants or we are planning to have, we say she has to try some of each item on the plate to have a balanced meal before the dessert (which she will happily do at that point, though we also say its fine to choose not eat she just can't have the dessert either), and sometimes, if she has tried the dinner and it's too spicy (rare, but it happens) I'll just let her pick an option that doesn't make work for us (so the healthy cereal your kid asks for would be fine, as would cheese and crackers, or whatever). I mainly want her to eat a reasonably balanced dinner with a fruit/veg, a carb, and a protein and healthy fat so she doesn't wake up starving.[/quote]

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