I started similar threads on this topic quite recently, so apologies for that, but it's still giving me lots of food for thought and I don't know what's the right thing to do. On another board I have been accused of what it says in the thread title, and I wonder what you Mumsnetters think?
So... my dd1 ( only really concerns her so far as dd2 still a bit too small, but getting there - 20 months) is a good eater, never ever says that she doesn't like something, will eat anything. I know I am very lucky there! Nevertheless she would rather eat chocolate mousse or sweets or cakes or whatever than vegetables, and will regularly announce that she is "full" and when asked if she wants a pudding she will suddenly have some room to fit that in. Which I won't allow - I will then say that she can only have the treat if she eats her vegetables etc. Which she then does without complaining further, to then happily eat her dessert.
Is that really bad? I also sometimes persuade her to eat more when I feel she hasn't eaten enough, and again she will go along with that quite happily.
So what do you wise Mumsnetters think?