Do you force your kid to eat the food he/she doesn’t like?

hiya I am a single dad of 3 and have never forced my kids to eat something, there are ways to get kids to eat things they dont like lol, make it a game and they will eat. Or mix the food up with something else like making a fruit milk shake etc etc kids will eat anything you just have to be a bit sneaky and creative about it happy mylotting

No I have never forced my Children to eat what they do not like There was not much they did not like but I respected the fact that they did not like it I was forced to eat things as a Child that I did not like to the extend that I would be sick after I do not eat what I don't Like so I would never force my Children to eat what they do not like It is wrong for a Parent to do that

One of my friends has an eating disorder and she thinks it started when her mum forced her to eat things that she hated. Now my friend is grown up she has trouble eating well. Some days she hardly eats anything at all. Therefore I try to be understanding and have a soft approach with my children's eating. My toddler son is a fussy eater. I try to give him just the foods he likes. It is challenging to introduce new foods to him. I wish he would eat fruit and vegetables but I can't make him. I am a fussy eater now that I am a grown up. I eat a small amount of food of very good quality. I like to drink pure fruit juice. I have my likes and dislikes with different types of food. I have a vegan diet.

I don't force my daughter to eat anything she doesn't like. In the first place she can't be forced to eat. Instead of forcing her to eat foods which she haven't tasted or which she doesn't want to eat just by the look of the food, I set myself as an example eating the food or I tell a story (though made up) of a girl who has eaten the said food. In that way, i motivate her to eat.

I dont FORCE my children to do anything I do however have wonderful powers of persuasion which work generally, and if not theres the old fail safe of you dont eat you go hungry until the next meal, that only applies though if the child is refusing to eat something they have previously eaten several times and enjoyed. If we have lasagne for example I would never force my youngest to eat it because after trying several times its totally obvious she actually hates it I dont eat foods i dont like so why should my child, if i know they definitley dont like it they get made a different option thats just as healthy in general they eat most things though im lucky!

my mom used to force me to eat stuff I didn't like so eventually I stopped eating certain things. at an older age I started forcing myself eat somestuff because I knew it was necesary for my health.

I wouldn't call it forcing but I would insist that my kids eat everything. I didn't have too much of problem with my older son who used to eat all kinds of food. And for the same reason, I would also not force him to eat anything he didn't like (which was very few things). BUt my little one is a very fussy eater and if he had his way, he would be having only biscuits and milk all day...or bread jam sandwiches or pizzaz. Now that's something I don't think is really right for him. I try to force him to eat all kinds of food....but I have to mention here that I've been unsuccessful:(

I do agree with you. I used to force my children to eat certain foods which were good for them. But when I look back, we have got to let them choose sometimes. That way we will not make them dislike eating. And feeding them would be so much more funl.

I had to trick my son into eating many foods. His father let him eat what he wanted and the kid would have lived on burgers, pepsi and potato chips if allowed to. When I made sloppy joes, extra veggie went into the sauce. as did chili and burgers and other foods he did eat. Brownies were made with fruit juice as were cakes and cookies instead of water. A cake would have fruit in it that had gone through the food processor. I often would leave out bags or cans of food that he did like to throw him off of the scent when I used foods he did not like. It was a challenge getting him to eat healthy. Now---he wants to go to school to be a chef!

Hi daliaj. No, I don't. Like you, I don't think we should force our kids to eat something that they don't like. I also don't force my kids to eat everything that is on their plate either. My parents didn't really force me either. Though there is at least one time that they tricked me when I was little. My mom had made liver for dinner (yuck!) and I wanted nothing to do with it. Which was fine with my parents. But when it came time for desert, I couldn't have any...unless I had my dinner first. So even though I didn't want my dinner I ate it anyway. By that time it was cold. On the plus side I don't remember any of it. LOL My mom also didn't make liver anymore after that, if I remember right, thank goodness. LOL Happy mylotting!

I believe as you do. Nobody should be forced to eat what they do not like. Forcing kids to eat things they dont like could cause permanent eating diorders. So many foods have the same vitmans in them. If one is not liked by a child im sure another liked one can be found that has the same vitmans. Also there are many ways to perpare foods that can make it look and taste so many different ways. I think that parent you are talking about could have been wiser and made the foods much more appealing and tasty for this child.

I didn't force my children to eat what they didn't like, but if they decided they didn't like before they even tried it, I asked them to at least taste it. Most of the time, once they tasted something,they liked or loved it. But if after tasting, they still didn't like it, they didn't have to eat it. I used to be one of those kids who had very specific things I ate and didn't eat. Then after I got married, my husband asked me to try different things. Oh my gosh, the goodies I had been missing! I love escargot, squid, octopus, and even tried candied bugs! Okay, the bugs did not hit my top ten list, but at least I tried them.

Feed your child. Think of foods and serve them. He eats or he doesn't. ... You cannot force food. At least I can't and I don't want to. ... It was always this is the food, eat it. She's a great eater now at 7.5yo and always has been. ... to a food can get them to like something they didn't like. ...

I think sometimes kids cannot make good choices and I think to force is wrong but to explain to them and teach them the good about it and then just ask them to at least taste it and eat it with them for to want to see them healthy. We should at least have them taste the food for they might like it after they taste it. and if they do not like it after they taste it then replace it with something else good for them..some times we all eat the wrong things..we need healthier food in our bodies and it is hard sometimes where it is so high to buy. so I believe there is a right way and wrong way to approach a child..not by force but with kindness..

THATS A BIG NO, i let them try different things when they were young, everything,, thats just torture why make them sick or have a hassle at the dinner table waiting for them to swallow something that makes them gag. that was 35+ years ago, today my son eats anything, and i mean anything, my daughter, well she;s still picky as to what she eats but both are and always have been healthy, buon appitito.

I'm the mother of a 3 1/2 year old, and I have never forced her to eat what she doesn't like... but I do force her to try a bite of everything. Literally, if she licks it (at least) I let her off the hook if she says she doesn't like it... after she tries it. But we replace it with something of equal value so to speak. If she doesn't like the carrots, she can have corn or green beans instead kind of thing. I don't care what meats/vegies/fruits/grains she's eating... as long as she's getting decent servings of each :)

When I was growing up my parents made me eat at least 2 bites of food I told them I did not like. Sometimes after tasting it I change my mind. I told my son when he was younger that he had to at least take two bites of the food and if he did not like it he would not have to eat it. Unless the kids have tasted the food how are they going to know if they like it.

Well I dont have kids. but when I do, I will pbbly have to make them eat foods they dont like as well. I mean if u get them used to it from being small, you dont mind as much. But theres always healthy things like vegetables that most kids hate, but you HAVE to eat them in order to be healthy. Besides unlike adults, kids cant decide what is healthy versus wat is not. adults know okay, this is healthy i should eat this way and this is unhealthy, shouldnt eat as much of this. kids would just eat candy all day if they could.

My Mom used to forced me to eat the food I didn't like. She did the same with my brother. We didn't really like certain types of vegetables as a child but she forced us to eat them anyway.

if 'm gonna be a parent, yes! i'll force my kids to eat food even though she doesn't like. Because it's for my kids own good. They shouldn't be choosy. Healthy foods is for them, and as what we know, kids like junk foods or something. So better if you check out your kids if they eating the right and healthy one.