Why do people harp on and on and on about instilling the sort of eating habits in their kids that they would never dream of maintaining themselves???

[moondog]

You know, being genuinely amazed that a 2 year old won't ingest his own bodyweight in cucumber and carrot batons?

To say nothing of the teachers who blindly endorse 'healthy eating' then waddle to the stafffroom and get in a fight with a packet of Hobnobs.

Oh and so bloody what if your kid only eats about 5 or 6 different things. Don't we all??? Anyway, whatever you eat, it's a variation on theme of protein, fat and carbohydrate.

So, start banging on about it/forcing them to eat/making smiley pizzas/buying ridiculous cookbooks and just leave them be

I agree. I hate the idea of "hiding" vegetables, they eat them or they don't; more often than not they will eat them anyway as I've always put them on their plate. They actually like a lot of vegetables, as do I (sometimes), and I try to always steam them as we all prefer the taste. I try to homecook most days, but like others, I just whack something from the freezer into the oven at times.

I'm not a food Nazi and while we have fruit and veg in the house, there is always a biscuit or chocolate bar to be found as well. A healthy balance is what's needed imo. All 3 of mine eat well, but like and dislike different things. Ds2 has allergies so obviously I have to make sure he doesn't get anything that will cause a reaction.

The last thing I want to do is create food issues with my children so I never "force" them to clear their plates either. If they're hungry they can eat, it's as simple as that most of the time. They know when they're hungry, I'm not their stomach. Snacking is also a good and healthy was to eat as well as meals.

School menu for the week includes, pizza, burgers, chips and gooey chocolate pudding

crikey moondog, in the past you've been the last person to let anyone be about their food

sherby that's awful! . I thought Jamie Oliver had put a stop to all the dinner crap! Your friend must be fuming that she can't feed her child as she sees fit! I can see sense in crips and bars of choc not being allowed but the rest is madness!

msdonalds is the work of the devil

She is beyond angry. The head is refusing to budge and says it opens the floodgates to other parents and they can't check all snacks for additives, sugar etc etc

In other words we think you are too stupid to think of any other healthy snack other than fruit or veg

DD has 4 filings from eating too much fruit, they could feck right off telling me that was all she could eat for snack for the next 6 years

I don't understand really either. She has a DS who eats lots of different fruit, but the DD will not touch it.

Either way surely it is up to the mother to decide what her child eats?

msdonalds, noddyholder?

Is that the feminist collective vegan burger company I have heard all the bad things about?

Thoroughly agree.

I watch my dd1 cooking stir fry vegtables and noddles two or three times a week, jacket potato, scrambled egg for breakfast or poached eggs on toast, pasta with mixed frozen vegtables and a sauce made from cambells soup homemade spag bog which she made in bulk by mistake and is still eating it rom the freezer two months on cheese and crakers for supper with hugh wedges of cheese, biscuits (she doesn't like chocolate )

If this is her diet then I don't see that it is really bad or super good and I just always said if you try it and don't like then its not your last ever meal you can have a snack - it worked they tryed and usually liked on the odd occasion they didn't fine eat something else later. My dd2 still gets her dinner cooked.

Chill about food and they will eat a reasnable diet