Do you think it is a right to force a child to sit there and finish ............

No, not force, but politely tell them that they have to finish their food.....

I don't think that is the right way to generally handle how a child eats but the world is not in black and white and there may be times when forcing a child might be the best thing you could do for them. For example a child who you know should be hungry but is more interested in play. I have instigated the three bite rule at times with that one. And I have seen cases of children being redirected to eat the same food three days in a row I thought it horrible. Just remember that the ways in which we eat influences children as much as anything.

No it is not. I would never force my children to eat. I remember when i was in primary school, i was a very fussy eater. One day the dinner ladies forced me to eat all of my school dinner i just threw it back up. After that day my mum always made me a packed lunch for school.

Absolutely not. I do this to my nephew sometimes but only if I know he's hungry and only wants to rush the food to go play with friends. Then he has to eat not all but a satisfying amount. I learnt from myself as well as a professional that a child's stomach speaks to them and if we force them to eat more than they need then e teach them to distrut their own stomachs. I hated being force worst since I was not a big eater. There was this one time as a child when the helper tried to force me to eat some cereal that I hated. I kept telling her I did not eat that but she was insistent. My mom was out and I hollered and rebelled the entire time until she got back. My mom then told her that she's not to do that. She really a swet lady i love to this day but she was just steeped in the principle that children should eat what is provided for them. Not an easy task for a child. (lol)

No sireeeee! It's not right. The child will start hating food, the very thing that nourishes his or her body.

I do not think that it is right. A child knows when they are full. I don't always clean my plate so I don't expect my child to always do it. They are not going to starve, when they are hungry they will eat.

No. My mum used to make me sit there for hours and hours until bedtime. It was horrible. It would be cold and congealed but I still wasn't allowed to leave the table. It didn't make me eat whatever it was. It just made me angry, resentful and miserable.

not at all..dont think that is really nice and not the very appropriate way to force a child to eat. guess you are making the child more stubborn. what i would rather do is tell the child to eat and if he or she acts stubborn just let them get up hungry, no big deal when they are hungry they will automatically give in. dont spoil the child by becoming stubborn. thats how i feel

No I dont think it is right, I remember my aunt forcing me to eat rice pudding when I was a child and the thought of it makes me want to be sick now 45 years later.

after being a mother my self I say NO...If a person does this it will cause the kids to never want to set down and eat...Kids are full of energy and they will eat on the run...i would not worrie as long as they keep eating even if it is spread out different times durning the day..

NO!!! I had a aunt growing up that did that to her step kids. It was terrible. I would never do that to my kids.

No way, if they can't finish dinner, just explain to them that there will be nothing else to eat tonight, but don't force them to eat it. I don't agree with forcing them to eat something they have tried and said they don't like either.

Absolutely not! I think forcing a child to eat can lead to serious problems later on and is the fastest route to giving the child a complex about food, which could quite likely result in a variety of eating disorders. If the child is hungry and likes what is on his/her plate, chances are very high that he or she will eat everything anyway.

NO! NO! NO! It's their decision whether to eat or not . Give the children a little more freedom, they need to learn to think independently not what ,,someone else says''!