Do you make them eat things they dont like? *Another Question*
Do you make your kids eat things even when they dont like them? Do you let them try things that YOU dont like? My kids had cow tongue and eggs tonight... lol but they liked it. It got me wondering what others would say though, lol.
So I thought I would answer my own question. Sometimes I do make them eat things they dont like. For example, when they come back for seconds on their chicken but leave their veggies untouched, I make them eat them. I typically dont have a problem with veggie eaters, but sometimes they give me a hard time.
Did your parents force YOU to eat things you didnt want to?
Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
They have to try everything. But they all like things I don't - I am VERY picky. Hubby isn't.
I don't eat thinks I don't like so why should my kids. That is hypocritical. And, with my son's sensitive gag reflex, I don't push him to try new things - if he chooses to that is fine.
I require them to TRY things (even things I don't like)... which is pretty freq. as I don't ear red meat at ll and they doo.
In gen. I don't make them eat it... just taste it... excpet for veggies... broc. /carrots/beans are a no choice item (particularly b/c they go on and off with liking them)
We have a two bite rule. If, after those two bites, Autym still doesn't care for dinner (or whatever meal we are having) then I will make her something else. I am aware that she has her own tastes and I respect that. I know that I wouldn't eat something that I didn't care for and I wouldn't take kindly to somebody forcing me to eat. That will only create an unhealthy relationship between the child and food.
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I wouldn't force them to eat it, but I would make sure they at least tried it. Same thing goes for food I don't like. Just because I don't like it doesn't mean they won't.
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