Do you make your kids eat what they are served?

[Scrambled Egg]

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That is very sad to read.

I never even feed my dogs chicken bones...surely this is not true?!

Oblio13 wrote:
I used to love to hunt rabbits. My kids thought they tasted awful and wouldn't eat them, though. But they liked chicken. So we ate a lot of chicken. My kids never noticed that the chickens didn't have any wings.

I actually ate this "odd chicken" one time at a friend's house, thinking it didn't exactly taste like chicken and later noticed the caged black rabbit out back was MISSING!!!! My gag reflex goes into overtime just thinking about it!!

 

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

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If you make your kids something different to eat they will always want to get there own way the rest of there life, in everything not just food,
my cousin aways got his own at the table and everytime
he want something different and one time he didn't later in life he killed himself over it.

Sorry that your cousin took it that far. But to say that was because he was always given his own food at the table is wrong. I am sure there were "other issues" besides "I want my own way and NOW"

I was made to clean my plate as a kid. "There are kids STARVING in Africa that would be grateful to have this meal"

I now have a weight problem and yes, I contribute some of it to being made to clean my plate because there were kids starving in freaking Africa.
Those words will never come from my mouth. But then again. Even though she is a picky eater what she chooses to eat is healthy food. Am I concerned that she doesnt eat meat? Yup. She is on an iron supplement because of that. My choice. But she eats veggies. Raw or cooked. Eats fruit. Asks for apples and grapes, not chocolate bars and candy. And when she does ask. She gets those as well. Since she doesnt ask much and isnt a kid that sis on her butt all day long.

I dont believe in forcing a child to eat. If the kid is loosing weight or doing it because they "think" they are fat. Then they need more than a meal stuffed down their throats. They need help beyond what mom or dad can give

 

[Cetawin]

Sorry for coming in late on the thread...I used the method my parents used with my sister and I. They had only one rule

You had to at least taste each item on your plate and not take more than you plan on eating.

You were allowed three items that you absolutely did not like or would not eat...that list was hung on the frig and we were not required to eat the foods on our lists. The list was updated or changed every three years.

However, my mom cooked the meal and if one of your list food items was cooked...OH WELL. You ate the rest of the meal. She did not cater to our likes and dislikes.

 

[stacym]

Amen to what you said Miss Prissy. Besides watching your daughter tasting a tomato for the first time and hating it-Priceless. (what a face!)
It does help if they are open to new foods. My son tried Calamari because he knew I liked it. Now I have to beat him to it when we go out. It causes a lot less headaches where ever we go, and people are a lot more willing to have us over.

 

[Bec]

I have my kids at least taste it before they can say they don't like it. With my 8 year old son, things are a little different. He has a very sensitive gag reflex and if he tastes something that he doesn't like, it will come back up. We have had him to the doctor for this and she recommended having him taste things in very small amounts and that way he gets a taste but not a mouthful..lol. Luckily he likes to try different things even though he knows what will happen if he doesn't like it. Turns out he is not very picky at all! My 5 year old daughter is a little more hard headed about trying things but she has to go by the rules too. I will not purposely make something that I know they don't like. I plan my meals according to what I know everyone likes. if my husband and I want a side dish that they don't like, I make sure I make a small amount of something they do like for them.
I was never forced to eat anything I didn't like growing up. My ex-Aunt (now divorced from my uncle) used to make my cousins eat everything that was on their plate. If they didn't eat it them, they were made to eat it at the next meal. For example, if they didn't eat their dinner, it was breakfast the next day.

 

[MagsC]

I remember once my mom made rice and over-salted it...none of us kids wanted to eat it. My dad gave a big long spiel on "starving kids" and how "we should be grateful". Until HE took a bite...funny, but we werent made to eat it after that!

 

[Chicabee19]

I read through several pages of this thread, and it was really painful!

edited: TMI

 

[Ugly Cowboy]

Lord, I have a cuzin (my 6 year old cuz,) he's spoiled and he's very picky. He refuses to try new stuff, throws a fit if he doesnt get everything his little heart desires, demands McDonalds 24/7, and his folks give him everything. Well, the first time he hung out with me, he thought it was all fine and dandy til we went to Bass Pro. "Buy me my own fishin pole, Micah!" "No, ya can use one of mine." Boy howdy, he pitched a fit unlike anything I had ever seen in my life! So I took him to the bathroom and wore him out, I'm guessin the first time he'd ever got spanked, he looked at me real weird LOL. So he behaved the rest of the time we was at BP after that, only commented on the fact that it was unfair that I got stuff and he didnt, so I told him that when he starts workin and makin money, he can buy all the fishin poles he wants. Then it was lunch time. Oh what a mess. We went to the sale barn to that little cafe there, and of course they have burgers, but he wanted a Happy Meal. "Well tuff, we aint at McDonalds, we aint goin to McDonalds, so eat it or not, dont bug me one bit." He laid down on the floor and through another fit. Wooped him again, and he gave me that same funny look, then he ate most of his burger and some fries. So we went back to my farm, and I told him that if he behaved and worked a little for me, I'd pay him what we pay our cowhands, then I'd take him to Walmart, and if he had the money, he could get whatever he wanted, but I wasnt gonna help him out extra. So things went fine for a while til I told him to help me muck the stalls. One more woopin, the last one I've ever had to give him, and he aint gave me no problems since. After work, I took him to Walmart and he bought a fishin pole, a tackle box, some sun glasses and a snickers, and he thought it was so neat that he bought it with his own money he'd earned. He's still spoiled around his folks, but around me he's a good kid, and now whenever he comes to the barn, he likes to work so he can go to Walmart and get stuff, then after that we always go to the Cafe down the street from me and get a burger and a rootbeer float then go fishin (he admitted that he likes the cafe burgers, and to clear things up, this cafe's different than the sale barn one.) LOL When his folks heard that I didnt cater to him and I actuaully wooped there precious little prince, they was p*ssed, but after they saw how he was around me, they just sat there mouths open watchin.

 

[ginbart]

My ex-husband and went to counseling, he never had children and I had two so we had problems. He was told if the children are not under nourished they do not need to eat what they do not like. He would not eat something he didn’t like, why should they have to. I would only put a bite of something I wanted them to try on their plate and if they didn’t like it they didn’t need to eat it. My dear ex-husband was really surprised by what she said. If my DS doesn’t like what we are having he will eat a salad. And I’m happy with that.

I wanted to say something about the kids "STARVING" in Africa but I will refrain from that. That gets my blood boiling.

 

[chickypoo]

When I was growing up we at least had to try it, if we didn't like it then we didn't have to eat it. I think that approach works really well because if you aren't being forced to eat new things then you are more likely to try new things as an adult.

I like a lot of different foods now that I tried as a kid and hated, veggies for one thing. There are still certain foods I hate, peaches, marshmallows, whipped cream, sauerkraut, and a few others. New foods take time to adjust to.