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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I usually serve the kids the adult meal but offer a pb&j after if they didn’t eat much. For us it’s worked well to give the kids opportunities to try a variety of foods, tastes, spices, seasonings but we don’t pressure on them to like everything or finish their plates 
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This is how we handle it.  There is a one bite rule for all dishes, and I only allowed the sandwiches once they were old enough to make it on their own.  With a husband that travels a lot and three kids in travel sports, I am simply too busy to make multiple meals or provide a lot of different options.  You get what you get, or go make yourself a sandwich on your own.[/quote]

We basically do this except a bowl of cereal is the option. It wouldn’t work if my kids only wanted to eat cereal, so I had to deploy this carefully. But it’s maybe once per week that 1 (of 3) of them will choose the cereal.

Also, from what I can tell from my IRL friends most people do a combination of the following: Some nights are everybody eats the same thing nights (in our house that is stuff like spaghetti and burgers). Some nights are we eat sort of the same thing but modify (e.g. make your own pizzas, but we all choose different toppings). And then some nights DH and I want our own food we know they won’t eat. I’m not wasting time and money preparing them fresh scallops and broccolini. We will plan something easier for them like pb&j and then make the nice meal for us. They are encouraged to take a bite off our plate and it’s 50/50 if they will. They’ve discovered a few new foods they do like that way, so they’re open to it. But I’m not going to completely take away their autonomy as to what to eat (note I think there’s a difference between limiting how many cookies your kids eat and forcing them to ingest something they find gross).

DH and I also have an at home date night like 2x/month where we’ll feed the kids and put them to bed a bit early. Then we order take out like sushi and watch a movie together. Cheaper than a sitter and it’s the same difference as if we went to a restaurant and ate something different from them. [/quote]

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