It's eat or starve here and you have to take a bite of everything on your plate (even if we all know you hate peas. research has proved that if you eat a food often enough, even a small amount, you get over hating it).
However, I do plan my meals with their likes & dislikes in mind. The boys are not wild about grilled steak, so if we have that one night, the next night I'll make spinach & tomato pizza, which they love. I also try to have at least one thing on the plate everynight that will eat, even if it's just a side of rice or pasta.
DH insists on them taking the one bite of everything before they leave the table. He'll sit there reading a book until bedtime waiting for them to eat that bite. No talking allowed. Fortunately those occasions are few and far between & usually revolve around new foods like braised endive.
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