Who else has to bargain with thier kid to get them to eat?

I do that too with my son. After all, we do have to try all the avenues don’t we and children are so fussy eaters sometimes. I don’t indulge them regularly, but yes, there’s a fixed rule between us as to what he gets on what days and at what time and in lieu of that what he has to eat for lunch or dinner.

Never, kids eat when they get hungry. Why waste your time?

Just set a bowl of sugar down in front of her with a spoon. Then she'll have to think for a bit in order to find some way to negotiate. I'm sure it is a game she plays with you.

Wow!~With that yummy stuff laid out, I wonder how much will be left when you served it for dinner as I would have raided your kitchen if I were around? Haha!~Well, as for the bargaining part, we don't have children yet so I can't comment much on that? I wonder was I like that when I was young...hmm...no recollection I guess? Haha~!

Well for one I am married but do not have kids yet but i have dealt with kids at the kindy which I was teaching last time. And I was a teacher know for if you are picky with your food and what's serve, you've had it with me. There was one incident, this kid just didn't like what's on her plate and threw a tantrum and didn't want to eat. So I told her fine...you can go hungry and when your mum ask I will just say you didn't want to eat. You know what she did, she started to throw the veges and the meat bit by bit onto the floor and some got onto her skirt. I told her if you continue to do that, i am going to pour the rice and the dish that's on your plate right onto your skirt. And she thought I wouldn't do that as she kept on throwing the veges and meat on the floor. So I just swipe the plate of rice right ont her skirt. She got a shock and cried....but from that day onwards she ate up everything on her plate clean till the day she graduated from kindy. As for her parents, I told her mum what had happen and her mum said she would mention my name at home whenever her daughter refuses to eat......LOL !!!!!

My oldest is 6 and there are times he will try to pull that line on me, but I know that he's not a picky eater, he's just learned this habit from the kids at school, so at home he doesn't get to bargin with us, he knows the rules. He must eat what we have and how much I put on his plate. He does pull this line on his Nana and Papa, and they fall for it. Thankfully, my 18 month old little girl will eat everything and anything that is put in front of her no matter where she is at. Hopefully she won't ever outgrow that.

my daughter is quite fuzzy about foods,so its like she has to eat whatever i have prepared and the next day,i have to prepare her choice of dishes............

Why would any parent bargain with a child to get what they want??? You are the parent. You are in charge. They don't want to eat so be it. there will be hungry until the next meal.

my son likes to eat but he does not like to eat fruits and vegetables at all. so i do have to use bribery all of the time. whatever works is what i say. i do not believe in forcing a child to eat foods that they do not like but i do expect him to at least try new things to see if he likes them. i get a hard time most of the time so i have to offer a bribe to get him to do it.

Yea... kids like to do that sometimes, to bargainabout what they eat then what they can get after or something like that. I don't think I have done that when I was little, mom usually just made us sat and ate, we didn't act rebellious at all becaue mom is very strict and we like to eat lots of different mom's cooking.

There is no bargaining. If there is a desert of some kind, or a treat, our boy is told you have to eat what mommy gives you, otherwise no treat. If he makes a good effort, then he'll get the treat. There isn't too much that he really doesn't like. We don't have treats after dinner too often, so he has been told on many occassions that this is dinner and the next time we'll be eating is breakfast.

Hi lotter no i dont have to bargain for eating ,but for many other things ,such as to convince them to be at home when i have to go out ,hahahaha

There are times i need to bargain. Specially if theres something they want to do that i wont agree. But be done later after having the meal. Sometimes we mothers would decide on this, so that they would just have the meal. Being a mother we tend to do these things to be able to keep our kids healthy enough...

Sounds familiar to me..when I was a kid, my parents would bargain with me for food because I would never eat enough. I always felt like eating was a must and not a need. I think this is a problem all kids have and especially their parents have to cope with..it's part of the parenting game I guess!!

My sister loves cheese pizza. So no hassles from her there but when we set other types of food in front of her we do have to haggle with to eat and since she is a computer buff..I use that as a strategy to get her to eat at least some of it. It works out okay.. it either that or I'll play candyland or other games she loves.

Sounds to me like she really had her mind on something else to eat tonight. I personally would have liked a cheese pizza for dinner tonight. We had tacos. My kids gave me no trouble with that, but I sometimes have to bargain with them. If they do not eat their dinner or at least half of it they do not get a treat for desert later.

It differs. When they take the servings by them selves they'll eat everything. I would never force them to eat things they really hate. There are things I can't eat (i'll throw up) since I had to eat some things when I was young. My husband is the same. I seldom do two dishes, there is always something they can eat even if they don't like one part. Three in the family likes peas - I cook them some times, but I don't eat them and one of the children doesn't.

i could be worse my 3 year old dont like to eat the only thing we can get him to eat is cerial, pizza,chicken nuggets and french frys thats it we been trying for a long time to get him to eat other things but he wont so the dr had to put him on the pedeacare drink so he gets his vitamins he is 3 years old and will be 4 in sept and only weights 28 pounds.

I used to bargain, but have stopped now as was causing problems. I make tea or dinner, and put it in front of them, if they dont eat it then they go hungry till the next meal. This happened a few times but now my kids know that if they dont eat whats given to them they will go hungry till the next meal. Upto now they have become great eaters so that defo worked great for me.

I think kids should eat whatever food is put infront of them, but i wouldn't actually force them to eat it all, just as long as they've eaten enough of it.