"I don't like this. "

We had to eat what was on the table..like it or not. With six in the family there was no room for change...one meal for everyone. When my kids were growing up I made them at least try it. If they didn't like it then it was okay...but I wanted them to at least give it a shot...and they like just about everything. Now if my little granddaughter says that....she doesn't have to eat it....neither here or at their home. But she isn't so much a picky eater....she will eat just about anything.

hello friend! yes friend our mom are best for everything.they cooked for us everyday.and want that we can take it with love.they cooked everyday so many testy food for us they never think about their health,what they want.only think about us.i never refuse my mom for food.i think she will be hurt.i love my mom so much.and never want to give her hurt. thanks a lot.

My children were each allowed to choose dinner items one night a week. The other nights either my husband or myself chose the dinner menu. The kids were taught to eat what was on their plate. I didn't cook things that I knew they wouldn't eat just to "Punish" them as some people did. Now where they differ from you...they refuse to eat boxed macaroni and cheese. Personally, I think it's gross. I make mine very simply, easily and inexpensively. I shop at Sam's Warehouse. I buy the large cans of Cheddar Cheese sauce. It is about $7 for a gallon of cheese. Then a 5 pound bag of macaroni is less than $5. All you have to do is cook the pasta and add the cheese sauce along with a little bit of milk to make it more creamy. My daughter in law told me jokingly that I'd spoiled my son. She said I need to know how you make mac and cheese! He won't eat Velveeta Shells and Cheese! LOL

It didn't matter if we said it or not...we ate it or didn't get dessert or were sent to bed with nothing else. We were forced to eat one bite at the table there and if we spit it out or puked...we were sent to our room with no dinner. After that one bite,we were told we can't leave the table until we ate our peas or whatever gross vege was there! We'd sat for hours! That didn't work so Dad said...we had to take the one bite and the rule was "eat what you want and the rest leave be, but there will be no dessert or bedtime snack if you leave it be". That didn't work either...we still didn't eat the "Gross" stuff. So mom just didn't have to make dessert! That was back in the day when we all sat around the dinner table, all the food was in bowls etc on the table and passed around to the right...

I could say it when I was little but that didn't really mean that I was going to get anything else. Even though my grandparents loved me beyond belief..we were a bit tight on the income. As far as my own, if its something that they just don't want to try...I would encourage them to give it a shot...if its something they just can't stand..we usually don't fix it. Sometimes you just don't like things. Now that's not saying I will just let them have anything they want. I do try to have them eat "good" food versus junk.

I could never utter these words when I was growing up. I could still remember my mom placing a clothes-hanger beside mine and my brother's plates as a reminder that we should eat our vegetables. This is the reason why I sometimes get hard on my kids if they don't want to eat what's on the table. But I don't really give them enough vegetables so I know that the only reason why they don't want to eat dinner is because they don't know what it taste like. Usually, if I just sat with them and coax them a bit, I could get them to eat. But if they did say "I don't like this", it usually a pretty good indication that I shouldn't be cooking that dish anymore. And if they want mac n cheese, it just makes it easier for all of us.

My mother would make us TRY things, but she'd never force us to eat something, once it was established that we didn't like it. My Dad, on the other hand, thought that we needed to eat everything, because there were poor children in the world who didn't have food This included putting BIg steaks on our places, and expecting us to eat the whole thing. What 3 year old can eat a whole steak? To this day, I don't eat a lot of meat, and my sister has gone totally vegetarian!!

Even if I am an adult now, but I am still picky to some food. I will never want to have the bitter food. I think many children are picky to the food. But they will have a change as time goes by because of the force from the parents and teachers. My son was really picky to the food when he was small. I tried to make some delicious food for him. And actually I won't reject the food like McDonald's. I think it contains enough nutritions and it is not bad to have it sometimes. It also tastes well and therefore many children like it. If you don't eat it all the time, there should not be a problem. I love China

Hi. sarahruthbeth22. If I had to tell my aunt and grandma this, I would have been starving for that day. Sorry. I could not get away with being a picky eater when it comes to them. If my child told me this, I would tell them that they would have to eat it because I am not fixing anything else. This may only work when they are sick or full. But when it is time to eat, it is time to eat. You are so lucky to have had a mom that was not so strict on you eating. In our family, we did not have a choice. We either eat, or starve! Of course, at least I can say that the food was always cooked so well!

When I was young, there were some things I didn't like to eat either, though I wouldn't describe myself as a picky eater. Especially not now, because I have grown to like certain things that I didn't like before. I'm actually very glad that I'm not a picky eater. Because my friend is an extremely picky eater, and she says her uncle took her to this fancy restaurant, and she barely liked any of the food, because it was too "special". I don't think that now I ever have to say that I don't like dinner, because I pretty much like everything they prepare.

I would of been told to eat it anyway! It was not like the way you grew up! It was either eat what was on the table or don't eat at all! Sometimes if I didn't like something in my food,like kidney beans in my chili or celery in anythjing,I would pick it out just to annoy my mom! This is one of the many reason's I have an weight problem! I have always been enivious of people with normal families! I lucked out on that!

Haha thats so cute, well thankfully like you I have a very understanding mother that doesn't mind that we'd take boxed foods, hot dogs, and ramen noodles over her from scratch cooking anyday under one condition that is EVERY sunday she makes a homemade meal and we all must be in attendance. its the sweetest thing, and when I have kids one day I won't mind if they tell me, " mom, forget the rice and chicken I want some fun piled on a bun I want a manwhich please."

I sometimes managed to get away with such things but I'm in fact blessed with liking many foods so any time I said I don't like anything my mother would usually heed my words and take them as truth. My younger brothers and sister are at the age though where they tell my mum they don't like such and such and my mum is slightly tougher on them as they say they pretty much like nothing but usually my mother is prepared for such things like yours and has an alternative for members of the family who don't like various foods. All this talk of food is making me hungry

I would actually be glad. I am one of the worst cooks I know. I would not blame my child for that instead I would say " Hey who wants to order pizza"?

The mother have been cooking so tasty food for me. If i didn't like to eat one day, i can say with my mother. She will asks me "why?" and requests me. And even my father also have so much love on me... Really our parents are the living gods. Thanks for sharing.