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I set the category with my kids (pasta mondays, taco Tuesday, Mediterranean Wednesday, leftover thursdays, pizza Friday) so they felt involved. This way we all know what flavors to roughly expect but they also have some things to look forward to that are comforting to them.
Within the category, I try to make it layered for kids and adults. For example with pasta Monday, I might add a sausage/hotdog to the red sauce for the kids and the adults get sautéed peppers and onions with sausage/hotdog and we add red pepper flake. We always use barilla protein noodles just in case someone had a rough day and wants just plain noodles, but that’s not the norm.
I think there’s some study that kids need to see the food at least 8 times before it becomes familiar. I can confirm that for my kids it was at least 284957 times.
You’re doing great. Fast food is made to be addictive and no one can compete with that. Try not compare yourself to those places. If your kids are fed, that’s what’s most important.
it’s 33 times!
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I don't care if they skip a meal. I work full time and cook variety of veggie sides and meat. If they don't eat - so be it. 🤷🏼♀️ I was giving in and the whole family started to eat unhealthy, I've gained weight and felt 20 years older.
We have takeout on occasion, but I don't change the whole menu bc of their preferences.
Im of the mind that i don't cook two meals to suit everyone too! Eat what is offered or don't eat.
Home made Pizza!!! I know it sound cray-cray but that is what the kids want and you can choose the ingredients that taste the same with healthier options
Hungry kids will eventually eat what they are given. You control them, not the other way around. Learn parenting skills.
My parents never caved, and today I eat absolutely anything... when I was hungry enough, I ate what they provided.
Stop feeding them. When they are hungry enough, they will eat.
That's a tough situation to be in. I originally would let the kids go without eating if they wouldn't eat what I prepared. I found out about a month later that they were allergic to celery and lettuce, something we had with most meals.
I adjusted the ingredients and they were fine with the meals after that.
Preparing meals together works for myself and my kiddos.
Go to allrecipes.com. They have loads of categories of recipes, like Quick Weeknight Dinners. Start with the ones with the highest rating
My wife and I would have the children write down their favorite food and place it in a jar. Everyone had one entry and we would have one of the kids pull from the jar and we would make that. It was fun and the kids loved it. Also, no picky eaters allowed. The family ate what was served otherwise no food or snacks allowed. There was no drama or arguing, they were allowed to excuse themselves and wait till the next meal. This helped with peace in the house for us and them. Good luck.
Ask then to pick a a dish they would like to eat and have them join in the preparation. See how that works. They can preform simple tasks, no knife handling, etc.
Ok as a mom and grandma I’m gonna tell you giving into your children is never a good thing because you’ll end up eventually would spoiled teenagers who won’t do a darn thing. Did you ever think about making little individual pizzas at home like even if you pre-make them? You can do English muffin pizzas or buy pizza dough either from the deli department or even in refrigerated section of the grocery store. Let them make them themselves, but be supervised by you at which point you can make yourself something small. It’s always a battle with kids and why put yourself through that after working all day. Also, you are the adult. You are the one in charge of the household not them the minute you start giving in. They start thinking they can control things and if you think it’s gonna get any better, I promise you it will not. I’m not gonna give away my age when I’m gonna tell you in all my years of experience & not only what I’ve experienced in my own household, but I’ve warned my adult children about & now one of them it has come back to bite them in the butt , gentle parenting gets you no where because where are you preparing your children for the real world where people will not give a crap about their feelings out there? And most cases you’re sending these kids up for failure. As my son is learning being too nice & giving in especially his wife his now teenage children think they get to tell their parents what’s happening & they think that the parents need to follow their direction versus the other way around. You’re in charge of your household and if you want to prevent this from continue on or getting worse, you have to set the boundaries in the rules if they don’t like it like somebody else said on here they can go out a meal or so & see what happens. According to my doctor, they told me back in the day when one of my grandsons tried that crap when they lived me as long as a child is staying hydrated, they will be fine. Like I said the minute you let a kid went over your decision is the minute you lost the battle. My grandson learned quickly that he was fighting with the wrong one. After two days, he understood that every day was not fast food at my house just because his mother could not cook or feed him was not how things happened at my house. My ex daughter in law could not really cook & would feed these kids junk food or fast food if at all. My step son could not say anything to her about it or she blew up. Yup ugly story.