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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know, am I really outdated? I teach ny kid to take a spoonful of everything that’s being passed around and take a bite of each of those spoonfuls on his plate? [/quote]

That’s fine. But when your kid is a freaking teenager, he or she no longer has to “try” foods. As a grown adult, I don’t need my MIL pressing me to “just try” the mashed rutabagas. I know by now that I don’t like them, I have tried them. I don’t need them taking up valuable real estate on my plate. At some point, people are allowed to have preferences, and fill their plate the way they see fit. My kids have tried every available food by now, and if they don’t want creamed onions, I’m not going to let some pushy old lady make them “try” them, again, some more.[/quote]

I am the PP. it’s interesting because DS is 13 and he seems to still be ok with trying a bit of everything. But maybe I should tell him he doesn’t have to? It’s like he is hoping that maybe today mashed potatoes will be different :)
Anyway I would never pressure someone else’s kid [/quote]

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