How I get my kid to not complain about dinner...

[Frood]

Every fortnight, I do grocery shopping online to be delivered and I order a bunch of salmon fillets.



When everything arrives, I use the salmon on the first night (obviously, seafood from a supermarket chain needs to be used quickly).



She dislikes salmon and it takes her over an hour to consume even a small portion, but she gets extra vegetables and other things, although she has to finish everything or no dessert.



Then I take the remaining cooked filet, divide it in two, and refrigerate one half and freeze the other.



No matter what we decide to have, she has an alternate choice of salmon for the following two weeks.  



She always finishes her dinner, and if we serve her something different for a change, we can offer to exchange it for salmon if she resists trying new foods.



Never fails...

[Berry Sweet]

If my kid doesn't like a certain food, then she doesnt have to eat it.  Same goes for me.  I make meals we both like and buy what we like to snack on.  Mostly is fruit and love nuts right now..you will find nuts everywhere.



Dont force your kid to eat fish if she doesnt like it...not everyone likes fish, some peopke it makes them gag.

[Frood]

If my kid doesn't like a certain food, then she doesnt have to eat it.  Same goes for me.  I make meals we both like and buy what we like to snack on.  Mostly is fruit and love nuts right now..you will find nuts everywhere.



Dont force your kid to eat fish if she doesnt like it...not everyone likes fish, some peopke it makes them gag.

My kid eats virtually anything... she takes dill pickles to school in her lunchbox, eats raw shellfish, eats blue cheese, and there isn't a steak she didn't meet and devour. She likes Brussels Sprouts, tolerates the heat in a Thai or Indian curry if it's mild.



She also doesn't mind deep fried fish or gummy shark filets.



She hated salami for years, but now packs her own salami and cheese sandwiches with mayo and pickles some mornings of the school week. She is 8 years old. Her job in the morning is to make her own lunch and put it in her school bag.



This didn't occur overnight but from constantly feeding her whatever we were eating from the moment she could eat solids, not forcing her to eat it, but reinforcing that we are not making her a special menu, or rewarding her with sweet treats if she doesn't eat her meals.



She has finally taken to eating raw onion and uncooked mushrooms in the last few months. If I'm cutting stuff up in the kitchen, she's trying to grab pieces off the chopping board.



She won't be a guest to a dinner party that puts her dietary requirements or preferences above being polite whether it's mustard stuffed snails with mango juice or jalapeno turd poppers on a bed of baked fire ants.

[Anonymous]

If my kid doesn't like a certain food, then she doesnt have to eat it.  Same goes for me.  I make meals we both like and buy what we like to snack on.  Mostly is fruit and love nuts right now..you will find nuts everywhere.



Dont force your kid to eat fish if she doesnt like it...not everyone likes fish, some peopke it makes them gag.

My kid eats virtually anything... she takes dill pickles to school in her lunchbox, eats raw shellfish, eats blue cheese, and there isn't a steak she didn't meet and devour. She likes Brussels Sprouts, tolerates the heat in a Thai or Indian curry if it's mild.



She also doesn't mind deep fried fish or gummy shark filets.



She hated salami for years, but now packs her own salami and cheese sandwiches with mayo and pickles some mornings of the school week. She is 8 years old. Her job in the morning is to make her own lunch and put it in her school bag.



This didn't occur overnight but from constantly feeding her whatever we were eating from the moment she could eat solids, not forcing her to eat it, but reinforcing that we are not making her a special menu, or rewarding her with sweet treats if she doesn't eat her meals.



She has finally taken to eating raw onion and uncooked mushrooms in the last few months. If I'm cutting stuff up in the kitchen, she's trying to grab pieces off the chopping board.



She won't be a guest to a dinner party that puts her dietary requirements or preferences above being polite whether it's mustard stuffed snails with mango juice or jalapeno turd poppers on a bed of baked fire ants.

My son is fifteen and I still make his lunch.....I still make my husband's lunch.

[Frood]

We made her sandwiches and she'd bring them home half eaten at the end of the day, so we told her she must eat her sandwich. She didn't like what we made her.



So we put it on her to make a sandwich she WOULD eat.



Unless she's playing 3D chess, her sandwich box comes back with just a wisp of crusts and crumbs.



She made the sandwich. She's eating it.

[Renee]

I always took and still take the same approach my mom did...Don't like what's for dinner, you don't eat...But don't let me catch you rummaging around later looking for food...As my mom always said "This house is not a diner" You eat what is served or you go hungry... Consequently you learned to eat what was served even if you weren't crazy about it and even if it was just a small taste.



Lots of times kids don't want to eat because they "think" they will not like it...Just ignore the bullshit because most of the time it's just noise. Most times they will eventually come around....Unless it's LIVER AND ONIONS     ...I firmly believe that a parent, or in my case, a grandparent should be publicly executed for serving that hellacious shit to their kids.

[Anonymous]

We made her sandwiches and she'd bring them home half eaten at the end of the day, so we told her she must eat her sandwich. She didn't like what we made her.



So we put it on her to make a sandwich she WOULD eat.



Unless she's playing 3D chess, her sandwich box comes back with just a wisp of crusts and crumbs.



She made the sandwich. She's eating it.

My son wouldn't make a healthy lunch if he made it himself.....my husband too.

[Frood]

I always took and still take the same approach my mom did...Don't like what's for dinner, you don't eat...But don't let me catch you rummaging around later looking for food...As my mom always said "This house is not a diner" You eat what is served or you go hungry... Consequently you learned to eat what was served even if you weren't crazy about it and even if it was just a small taste.



Lots of times kids don't want to eat because they "think" they will not like it...Just ignore the bullshit because most of the time it's just noise. Most times they will eventually come around....Unless it's LIVER AND ONIONS     ...I firmly believe that a parent, or in my case, a grandparent should be publicly executed for serving that hellacious shit to their kids.

Yup...



I'm new age traditional.



Only difference is I use reverse psychology....

[Anonymous]

I always took and still take the same approach my mom did...Don't like what's for dinner, you don't eat...But don't let me catch you rummaging around later looking for food...As my mom always said "This house is not a diner" You eat what is served or you go hungry... Consequently you learned to eat what was served even if you weren't crazy about it and even if it was just a small taste.



Lots of times kids don't want to eat because they "think" they will not like it...Just ignore the bullshit because most of the time it's just noise. Most times they will eventually come around....Unless it's LIVER AND ONIONS     ...I firmly believe that a parent, or in my case, a grandparent should be publicly executed for serving that hellacious shit to their kids.

I don't have kids, but that's what it was like in my parents house. Kids eat what is served.

[Anonymous]

I always took and still take the same approach my mom did...Don't like what's for dinner, you don't eat...But don't let me catch you rummaging around later looking for food...As my mom always said "This house is not a diner" You eat what is served or you go hungry... Consequently you learned to eat what was served even if you weren't crazy about it and even if it was just a small taste.



Lots of times kids don't want to eat because they "think" they will not like it...Just ignore the bullshit because most of the time it's just noise. Most times they will eventually come around....Unless it's LIVER AND ONIONS     ...I firmly believe that a parent, or in my case, a grandparent should be publicly executed for serving that hellacious shit to their kids.

I don't have kids, but that's what it was like in my parents house. Kids eat what is served.

I try to keep in mind my children's food preferences, but I'm not running a restaurant either.

[Blazor]

I always took and still take the same approach my mom did...Don't like what's for dinner, you don't eat...But don't let me catch you rummaging around later looking for food...As my mom always said "This house is not a diner" You eat what is served or you go hungry... Consequently you learned to eat what was served even if you weren't crazy about it and even if it was just a small taste.



Lots of times kids don't want to eat because they "think" they will not like it...Just ignore the bullshit because most of the time it's just noise. Most times they will eventually come around....Unless it's LIVER AND ONIONS     ...I firmly believe that a parent, or in my case, a grandparent should be publicly executed for serving that hellacious shit to their kids.

My mom tried to make me eat liver, bleh. I tried sneaking it into the trash, into the toilet, even under the fridge hahaha (oh she got mad about that one). But I was forced to sit at the table til it was done. After 4 hours of sitting there, eventually I could get down from the table, but it would be bedtime then. Fuck liver lol.

[Anonymous]

I always took and still take the same approach my mom did...Don't like what's for dinner, you don't eat...But don't let me catch you rummaging around later looking for food...As my mom always said "This house is not a diner" You eat what is served or you go hungry... Consequently you learned to eat what was served even if you weren't crazy about it and even if it was just a small taste.



Lots of times kids don't want to eat because they "think" they will not like it...Just ignore the bullshit because most of the time it's just noise. Most times they will eventually come around....Unless it's LIVER AND ONIONS     ...I firmly believe that a parent, or in my case, a grandparent should be publicly executed for serving that hellacious shit to their kids.

My mom tried to make me eat liver, bleh. I tried sneaking it into the trash, into the toilet, even under the fridge hahaha (oh she got mad about that one). But I was forced to sit at the table til it was done. After 4 hours of sitting there, eventually I could get down from the table, but it would be bedtime then. Fuck liver lol.

Liver is something I've never bought.

[Odinson]

[Zetsu]

I always took and still take the same approach my mom did...Don't like what's for dinner, you don't eat...But don't let me catch you rummaging around later looking for food...As my mom always said "This house is not a diner" You eat what is served or you go hungry... Consequently you learned to eat what was served even if you weren't crazy about it and even if it was just a small taste.



Lots of times kids don't want to eat because they "think" they will not like it...Just ignore the bullshit because most of the time it's just noise. Most times they will eventually come around....Unless it's LIVER AND ONIONS     ...I firmly believe that a parent, or in my case, a grandparent should be publicly executed for serving that hellacious shit to their kids.

My mom tried to make me eat liver, bleh. I tried sneaking it into the trash, into the toilet, even under the fridge hahaha (oh she got mad about that one). But I was forced to sit at the table til it was done. After 4 hours of sitting there, eventually I could get down from the table, but it would be bedtime then. Fuck liver lol.

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[Anonymous]

I always took and still take the same approach my mom did...Don't like what's for dinner, you don't eat...But don't let me catch you rummaging around later looking for food...As my mom always said "This house is not a diner" You eat what is served or you go hungry... Consequently you learned to eat what was served even if you weren't crazy about it and even if it was just a small taste.



Lots of times kids don't want to eat because they "think" they will not like it...Just ignore the bullshit because most of the time it's just noise. Most times they will eventually come around....Unless it's LIVER AND ONIONS     ...I firmly believe that a parent, or in my case, a grandparent should be publicly executed for serving that hellacious shit to their kids.

My mom tried to make me eat liver, bleh. I tried sneaking it into the trash, into the toilet, even under the fridge hahaha (oh she got mad about that one). But I was forced to sit at the table til it was done. After 4 hours of sitting there, eventually I could get down from the table, but it would be bedtime then. Fuck liver lol.

 :MG_216:

You don't have your pet birds at the supper table do you Zetsu?