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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A guest should eat what is served and not demand other food.  The mom should have been upset that her child was acting so rude.

OP - you serve whatever dinner you have planned. If the child doesn't eat it so be it.  You also will have to teach some manners and explain when he is guest at someone's house, that he should taste what is served, not declare it tastes bad, and not ask for something special to be made.  Lastly, no dessert while he is at your house.  Serve it to your own kids after he leaves.

If he complains or his mom complains, let her know she is free to make other child care arrangements.[/quote]

My parents were pretty easy-going about food, if we didn't like dinner we could have cereal instead.  But I had friends with stricter parents, and I was always terrified to be invited over to dinner at their house.  It was so stressful, knowing that one wrong move on my part would reflect poorly on me and my parents, and that the family would be judging whether I ate too much or too little, regardless of whether I liked the food or hated it.

I feel bad for OP's kid's friend.  Poor kid.[/quote]

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Too many rules going on here.  Time to ease up.[/quote]

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