Where do you draw the line? Most of the time I'll serve him his breakfast/lunch/dinner and he'll eat it. Occasionally he'll ask for cheese and ham for breakfast. Occasionally he'll ask for cereal for lunch, like today. Does stuff like this matter? I try and pick my battles, he's only just turned two so he's too little to understand reason, and when he's clearly communicating he wants cereal and is being presented with a sandwich it results in an epic meltdown and it's easier to just let him have his cereal! My mum made a comment about how he's a dictator, his way or the high way and that I'm making trouble for myself in the long term. She said the same when I offer him 2 outfits to choose between, two snacks to choose between. She said he needs to know that I'm the boss, that I need to stop asking do you want to go to the park, do you want to do colouring, she said the choices are mine to make. I don't mind though. If he says no to colouring, I'll say do you want to go for a walk, that'll then be a yes. If he says yes to going to park, we'll go. I thought it would be good for him to make choices? My mum used the lovely term of a "Little Shitler" to describe him and it's made me feel like I'm doing it all wrong.