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>My husband and I agreed that we wanted to keep dinner >time a special family time. No scolding, no fussing, >and no forcing. Being a full time stay at home Momma, >I have a lot of time to prepare home cooked meals, >made from scratch and enjoy doing. it. I make sure >with every meal there is something that each person >can eat. My husband loves beef liver, but frankly I >don't and neither do my kids. So on a night I fix him >liver I will make a second main dish so he can enjoy >something he loves to eat and there's no stress from >trying to force the kids to eat something they don't >like. Mark and I both like fried chicken livers but >Amie-Lynn and Brian both think they're gross and my >oldest does like them. So while I make chicken livers, >I'll cook fried chicken for my youngest two. > >I do ask when I make something new, that everybody try >it. if they don't like it, they don't have to eat it. >I was not raised in one of those "you'll eat what I >put in front of you" households. Momma was and she >and my Aunt would get whipped bare with a switch, >right at the table if they didn't clean their plates. >Then they had to sit back down and eat every bite. So >Momma made sure my brother sister, and I weren't >raised that way. My Aunt believed the same as Momma. > >I let the kids each have a night, where they get to >pick out what we're having for supper. That includes >our recent additions Kayla, and Jazzy. > >Suppertime is the time to come together and break >bread as a family. not a time to fight over what's >being served. So I refuse to ruin family time by >trying to force one of the kids to eat something they >don't like.

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