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[quote=Anonymous]If they are eating significant breakfast and lunch then a low key low effort dinner is fine. Not everyone likes a big dinner. 
I don't understand the problem. This is like making your kid play soccer when they prefer piano. Just because a lot of kids play soccer doesn't mean yours have to. 
Let GO of the guilt. Ensure that you still eat together as a family. Play a game and have a charcuterie board with crackers bread cheese yogurt fruits veggies and add something new or different every other week that YOU like and they can try (if they want). Olives, different cured meats, different types of cheese, etc.

The one caveat I would say is to ensure that they know this what works for your family and other families do things differently so some day you may need to sit at a friend's table and they will serve a more formal dinner. Or when you go out to eat for dinner. But as long as you keep the tradition of having it together it'll be fine. Dinner isn't important because of the food it's important because kids get to sit with their parents uninterrupted and it's an anchor point for the evening routine. [/quote]

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