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>Trying to create a wide variety of threads here for >discussion, feel free to create your own or add to >thse, we love you participating! > >So some of us old enough like me, probably had parents >who had the rule you eat whats put in front of you for >meals or go hungry. But there was another group of >parents who said you'd have to eat dinner for >breakfast - my mom said that and meant it! > >Some say that can cause food issues as adults, and I >suppose in rare cases thats true, but how does >everyone handle food complaints now? > >I will make them sit there up to half an hour after >suppers done if I have the time, until they heat the >fair age appropriate serving on their plate. If they >still don't eat it, it means a spanking and likely no >dessert for a few nights. > >Ive had it where I was spanking Matthew at the dining >table while his sister had her dessert because he was >just whining and carrying on about how unfair it was > >Its less of a problem than when we first started with >that rule, but there are moments. Especially since >when I know something is a non liked food, I do tend >to serve it fairly often to try and get them used to >it. That can sometimes cause start of a meltdown (i >say start of because I never let it turn into a full >one) > >I try to cook things we all enjoy or tolerate of >course and allow some nights of fast food or pizza or >something, but try to have them eat healthy. > >So how do you handle complaints at the family dinner >table?

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