What do you do when your kids refuse to eat dinner?

Mine would go to bed hungry. They'll get hungry and learn to like stuff. I was picky when I was young and my mom would make me sit at the table until all my food was gone. They'll just have to learn to like it! Lol.

Don't worry to much Mom. When the kids are hungry they'll eat. They will not starve. Give them time, they'll come around.

beat their rear ends until they bleed.....lol

Mommy only cooks one dinner. After dinner Mommy cleans the kitchen and the kitchen closes. They'll survive

let them go hungry.... they will NOT starve themselves and will come around to at least trying the food...and getting some bites in. If they really don't like it I do let them have a ONE piece of butter bread and a glass of Milk.... The next morning they eat a real hearty breakfast.

My mom always told us, "If you're hungry enough, you'll eat anything." I don't believe children are truly picky eaters. I believe parents cater too much to their children. Your child won't starve himself. But if you tiptoe around his eating habits, you're just enabling the behavior.

my son didnt want to eat his dinner . he ate all afternoon, but when dinertime came it was a no-go. then comes bedtime he hungry. i finally caught on it was his way of staying up for another half hour hour , so one night as bad as it sounds i told him dont ask me to eat at bedtime, you eat dinner at dinnertime, sure enough along came bedtime and he said he was hungry, and i stuck to my word. no. as much as it killed me to think he was starving, he woke up finished all his breakfast and has been eating diner everyday since then. of coarse he still came up with a million other reasons not to go to bed.

oh and of coarse cereal is all they ever want i thought it was just my son. have you tried taking away privledges? no park no games no snacks etc?

I try to convince my son to eat his meal when everybody else is eating.If he doesn't do that, I put his plate in the fridge.I ask him again an hour before he goes to bed if he is hungry.If he is, I only offer him the plate I had put away in the fridge. He is usually very hungry by then and very happy to eat it.If he still refuses, He eats very well next days breakfast with no whining. Good luck.