tuff cookies if she doesnt like it. like we tell bm, what we do with ss when he is in our home is NONE of her business so long as he is safe

my husband's kids were the same way when I met them. His oldest just turned 7 and his youngest was 4. The only things these two kids would eat were salad, popcorn and Cheerios. Ummmm NO. I told them this is not Burger King and you cannot have it your way. You either eat whats put in front of you or you starve.

I basically did the same things with them that I did with my own kids. I fix three different things in a meal. You have to try something at least once. If you don't like it you don't have to eat it. You can eat the other two things but I will not make anything special.

Now his kids, who are now 14 and 12 are the best eaters I have ever seen.

In my home if you don't like what we are having you don't eat. If a child is hungry enough they will eat. And if you don't eat what is on your plate you don't get dessert!! Maybe I'm a harda**, but they need to not take for granted the roof over their heads and the food placed in front of them. And we believe what goes on in our home is none of bm's business and I like to keep it that way.

...the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it. - The Lion King

Whether it be my kids or the skids. You don't like what I make, you don't eat. Period. You're not getting anything until the next meal.

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on." ~Robert Frost

We are basically the same but we don't send to bed. They either eat what's in front of them and if they don't that's fine but they get no dessert when everyone else if eating it nor any snacks if we decide to sit and watch a movie with some chips or popcorn. They miss out on all the good stuff that comes after dinner :evil:.

on my part.............. when ass gnats are at home (with bm) they eat at grandparents house (3 trailers down)...... so dh & i usually eat about 7 --- ass gnats eat at bm's (grandparents) at 6 (5 b4 sd got out of school later)... so i have banquet dinner plus desert ready by 6 -- i have found their favorites and that is what they get......
and i love to cook, so dh and i have whatever delicious meal i create about 7...

Step-demon claimed to be a vegetarian when she moved in with us. That's great except she only likes canned green beans, corn and sometimes spinach. She hates nearly all other vegetables and won't eat beans, tofu, soy or whole grains. I asked how she planned on being a vegetarian when she won't eat 90% of the food they eat. Her reply "It's okay, I can eat meat and still be a vegetarian".

:?

Then she claimed she didn't eat pork because it was gross. Okay fine....except when we went to Subway and she had a turkey and ham sandwich. Ummmmmm......step-demon....FYI...ham is a pork product. Oh yeah...and the bacon you had at breakfast....that's pork too. She argued for weeks that ham and bacon are beef.

:jawdrop:

Step-demon lives in some bizzaro alternate reality where vegetarians eat meat and ham and bacon are beef bi-products!

“Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.”
Michael Caine