ARGH just had major tantrums from my 9 year old over eating a piece of chicken in breadcrumbs, exactly the same as that she has eaten approx a million times before. Surely they're supposed to get less fussy as they get older not more fussy? I will not let her get away with eating a less and less varied diet but it's ridiculous having this kind of battle over mealtimes that you'd expect from a toddler.
I refuse to constantly throw food away as I hate waste, and I can't do the theory of, "if you don't eat that you get nothing" because I'm really worried about how little she eats in general at the moment eg only ate a bite of her sandwich at lunch then still said she wasn't hungry at teatime.