Nursery not feeding ds

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My ds, 3, goes to nursery two afternoons a week, he often doesn't have a snack (they don't have snack time just a free snack bowl and I think ds gets too busy playing to eat) but today he didn't have a snack and then he didn't like what they had for tea so he'd had nothing to eat from 12.30-6.
He's fussy and would rather starve himself than eat something he doesn't like, also he knows I cook a light meal when we're back home anyway.

When the nursery lady told me this I asked couldn't they have given him an apple or something and she wasn't sure and said she would have to ask. Surely they could have offered him something else rather than him go hungry all afternoon.

Should I mention this to the manager or just hope it was a one off and doesn't happen again?

It isn't always a choice. Give me a food I truly don't like and make me it it. I will be sick.
You cannot force someone to eat something they don't like

Nobody is talking about force feeding people until they are sick fgs.

Massive difference between that and providing quality, nutritious meals with no pressure.

Of course no one is talking about force feeding. But IME people may have one or two things they truly hate and can not eat, but generally when people say they do not like something, they mean I am not keen on it, not that I hate it.

I haven't RTFT but honestly it might make him think next time and eat his food when given him. Giving him alternatives all the time will not help with his fussy eating.
What I am saying may sound really harsh, but I was a fussy eater as a child and if I refused to eat what I was given, they would give me something else I would say, I'm an adult now and still an incredibly fussy eater, to the point it rules my life, I can only go out to places I know does food I will eat, which limits me, people don't invite me out with them or round to their houses for meals etc. It is horrible and miserable, but I just can't shake it, it has become almost a phobia with me now.

I haven't RTFT but honestly it might make him think next time and eat his food when given him.

That's more complex thinking than many three year olds are capable of. At this age, they respond in the moment.

You don't cause food issues in adults by allowing three year olds to have a piece of fruit when they don't like the meal that's on offer.