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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Big mistake to do this OP. Picky eaters are made, not born.

Do not become a short order cook for your kids. [/quote]

Only believed by a parent who did not actually have a picky child...[/quote]

+1, people who think this way don't understand picky eating. They think it's like a kid saying they don't want to clean up their room, and that parents are just giving in instead of making them do it.

Real picky eating is like a kid who is afraid of cleaning their room because they worry something bad will happen if their clothes are in the hamper. Or a kid who wants to clean their room but their brain gets overwhelmed at the thought so even though they want to, they just don't. You can't "make" a picky eater eat a wider variety of foods. You can work to make food less scary and provide them with tools that will help them make food more approachable, but you can't just serve them spaghetti and tacos and stir fry every night until they give in and eat it. It won't happen (I know, I tried).[/quote]

We have one of those and let me tell you, family dinners were dreadful, miserable, meltdown-filled affairs under the satter model. Whether and how much? No and none to both questions unless it was one of maybe three foods served in a very particular way. But even I put this as an asterisk to almost every pp’s advice because for my other two kids it was absolutely start as you mean to go on (make one meal and expect they eat it with a few no nonsense modifications). Most kids are the rule and not the exception.[/quote]

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