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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he’s hungry he will eat.  Seriously.  When he’s hungry enough he will eat.[/quote]

That doesn't solve anything though. My 10 year is more than willing to skip dinner knowing that preferred foods will be available for breakfast and lunch. She's fine with just those two meals. [/quote]

My husband said when he was a kid if he refused dinner, they would serve it for breakfast. And if he refused it for breakfast, he would get it for lunch. 
Not saying you should do this, but what would happen if breakfast also wasn't a preferred food? [/quote]
My parents did something like this. I still didn't eat. Eventually my mom would negotiate on my behalf to let me drink a glass of milk...which I would drink. They tried keeping me home from school too. TBH, the more they pushed the less likely I was to agree.

I eat most things now, but I maintain that people who think you can force an extremely picky eater into eating something through hunger really don't understand. I got hungry, but my unwillingness to eat something I didn't like was stronger than my hunger pangs. FWIW, it's not generally an issue for me now since I eat most things. But I still won't eat something I don't like no matter how hungry I am.[/quote]

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