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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here---For those of you that offer alternatives, how to you handle a it?  For example--my son will eat meatloaf.  It's not his favorite dinner, but he will eat it.  However, if a PB&J sandwich was also offered, he would select that.  So how do you handle offering one child a different option that you don't want the other children to also have?  And I don't want to get into a habit of alternatives being available for dinner.[/quote]

I would pick something that is a compromise like shake and bake chicken that you could make nugget style and save meatloaf for another night.   Or, do an easy sandwich dinner night that one day a week and forget it.  It is not worth the power struggle.  Keep desert for after the child leaves.  Or, offer a snack after school and if he does not like what you are serving he can wait for mom.  But no food for lunch till 7:30 is overboard.   I have a picky eater so I get your concern but with some kids, they are not going to compromise so you have to find a balance.  My child will eat raw veggies but not cooked.   Who cares....fine with me. [/quote]

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