Need Help with a Picky Eater

[Tinijocaro]

My kids have to try everything, if they don't like it, they can either fix cereal, or scrambled eggs. I have four kids with pretty good appetites, only one who I would consider picky. I would never force him to eat something he doesn't like. I know he doesn't like chicken, I don't make him eat it, although once in a while, if I've made a new recipe he might like, I'll ask him to try it. sometimes he likes it, sometimes not.

Kids deserve the same courtesy we would want. I have certain foods I don't like, not many, but if someone made me eat them, I'd puke! I won't do that to my kids or punish them if they refuse.

 

[mjkacmom]

My kids have to try everything, if they don't like it, they can either fix cereal, or scrambled eggs. I have four kids with pretty good appetites, only one who I would consider picky. I would never force him to eat something he doesn't like. I know he doesn't like chicken, I don't make him eat it, although once in a while, if I've made a new recipe he might like, I'll ask him to try it. sometimes he likes it, sometimes not.

Kids deserve the same courtesy we would want. I have certain foods I don't like, not many, but if someone made me eat them, I'd puke! I won't do that to my kids or punish them if they refuse.

Amen! And since none of my kids, picky or not picky, has any kind of weight or health problem, I'm not going to give food such an important part of their lives - I LOVE food, as does DH, and yet my children have a healthy relationship with food. If they're hungry, they'll eat until they're not, and if they don't like something, they'll eat something else.