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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I actually have 3 kids, thank you very much[b], and all are great eaters BECAUSE we give them exactly what DH and I eat. [/b]If your kids don't have a great palet, thre is only one reason: you haven't exposed them to interesting foods. If you are eating the enchiladas and salmon and stick them with the quesadillas and fish sticks, I feel sorry for them.[/quote]

No, they are great eaters because you are lucky enough to have gotten kids who don't have eating issues/disorders.  No matter how much you want to blame or how smug you want to feel, It's not lack of parenting skills that result in kids with eating issues.  I bet my child with an eating disorder could run circles around your kids in other areas of life.  But I wouldn't blame your parenting skills if, say, one of your kids sucked at sports or gymnastics because they were uncoordinated or not strong enough to do the skills that it takes to be good.[/quote]

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