Re: Will you or do you or did you force your children to eat?
My mother was forced to eat and she made sure she never did that to my brother or to me. My brother was a picky eater and I was pretty normal. I suppose we are still that way as adults.
Because of all that my mom taught me, including the horrors of being force fed (and they truly were HORROR storries), I do not force my children to eat. I do, however, require that they try everything. I tell them that it takes 20 times of trying something before you like it and so now they say "Maybe this will be 21". It takes a while, but eventually they do actually seem to start liking different foods. My youngest has acquired a taste for lettuce, onions and mustard just this year. My older one, on the other hand, has lost his taste for milk and hot dogs. I don't care about the hot dogs...milk bothers me.
Bluezy, I am just like you on the pop! Pop is something I greatly struggle with for myself. My children know that I wish I didn't like it so much and that I am trying to spare them the same fate. In fact, my children only drink juice when we eat out, and usually only when it comes with the meal. Otherwise, it is milk or water at the house. I do allow Gingerale when they are sick, but my oldest has decided he doesn't like it. He says it is too "hot".
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