Eat it or starve? WWYD?

[ditzyscrap]

Nope, we don't do separate meals, either. They eat what they're given, or they go to bed hungry.

I've learned with my daughter, though, who is 4...that I can't feed her lunch or she'll be picky with supper. So, she doesn't get lunch and will eat anything we put in front of her at supper because she's hungry. I know that sounds horrible, but I'm not starving her, lol...she does get breakfast (late) and a really big serving for supper. I do give her lunch some days, and it's just something small like a PB&J sandwich that is only 1 piece of bread folded in half.

[ditzyscrap]

On the other hand, lol...my brother and I were the exception to the rule that kids will eat anything if they're hungry enough. My mom would make things that my brother and I wouldn't eat, and we'd have to sit there at the table for HOURS, refusing to eat. Mom wouldn't let us have dessert or a bedtime snack, we'd go to bed hungry. But we never gave in, lol.

[Sarah8914]

Ugh, this is a challenge in our home. Apparently we eat a lot of meat (hamburger or mostly chicken) and my girls won't eat it. I think it's the texture or something. Sometimes I can easily adjust what we are having for them, or let them pick out the chicken pieces if they really don't want it, but sometimes I can't and I let them have something else.

We do the same thing as Misty though. If they won't eat then, when they are hungry later, the plate is still on the table.