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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Y’all are weirdos. Food should never be punishment.

“Your plate is in the fridge when you decide to eat. Remember you need to eat by 8:30 since bedtime is 9.”

And then leave her alone.[/quote]

How is this any different? What if she says at 9:05 she’s no longer sad and wants to eat? Do they hold the boundary then? 
I don’t think their response is unreasonable given their child didn’t seem really upset, more so trying to push the boundary the parent was setting. Mentioning CPS?! WTF. 
We have 1 dinner time in our house and we do close the kitchen after this. Our kids are also little and help minimally with cleanup, bedtime. If we were catering like this to our kids when they chose because they had arguments with their siblings, everyone would be upset.[/quote]

It eliminates the power struggle. You say your kids are little - mine are 13 and 15. I can say that my worst parenting moments were over stupid power struggles when they were young (just like this), and holding the line on something that did not matter in the long run because I said so. [/quote]

But letting my child determine what time they want to eat dinner (after an acceptable window and we have moved onto bedtime) would matter to my family (maybe not OPs). 
Would you also let your child determine what time they got to school and you got to work if they didn’t want to eat breakfast?[/quote]

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