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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=ThatSmileyFaceGuy][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]22:07 again... and definitely, no short order cooking at dinner!  ALL of the kids eat what you and DH eat (hopefully, "real" food, as opposed to kiddie food) every night. If they are not hungry, they don't have to eat a lot, but one bite of each item. Then NOTHING MORE until breakfast, which is at a generally set time (7:00 a.m.?) every day, even weekends.

Tighten up the ship, mom![/quote]

Do you have kids?  Seriously, there's no way my kids have the pallet to eat the types of spices and flavors that DH and I have.  I don't expect my kids to eat enchiladas or salmon.  I give them cheese quesadillas and fish sticks.  Your advice is not a great idea for a kid that has shown his determination not to eat certain foods.  And then you want to take away the only meal he likes?

I'm thinking you haven't actually been through this except in the books.  Don't  you know:  you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink!  [/quote]

Why do you think your kids will not like the enchiladas or salmon? You give them the same thing you eat, at most taking out something like jalapenos from an enchilada. One of mine doesn't eat shrimp so when I make something like scampi he gets the same pasta and the same sauce minus the shrimp. Cooking seperate meals encourages and rewards the picky eater. Besides like mom used to say, "How do you know you don't like it if you never even tried it." [/quote]

Agreed, Smiley guy..and I have one of the pickiest eaters ever.  However, on a lark we'd give him certain things and Mr.Blan Chicken nugget would surprise the h*ll out of us buy eating the very spicy pumpkin seeds at WFs or the Montezuma's spicy-ass Chips.  I then realized maybe things are too bland for him!  My oldest (7 years old) also loves spicy mussels.  There is a tendency these days to serve everything bland and un-sauced and I definitely fell into that trap with my two young boys.  I cook with a ton of garlic and spice and wouldn't give it to my kids---I recently realized my dad used to feed it to me and I loved it as a kid.  I also try to find ways to give them what they want while not cooking a new meal.  My youngest does not like sauce or spice in ground beef tacos--so when I am browning the meat I put aside a portion of plain beef for him (btw--it took my 3.5 years to get that one to even eat a red meat--or anything besides chicken).  [/quote]

btw- my 7-year old would totally take the shrimp your kid doesn't eat.  he almost threw the kid menu at the waitress at the beach this summer with its pb&j and mac-n-cheese....only mussels and clams for that kid![/quote]

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