Hi.
So my daughter is now 14 & meal times have become abit out of control.
She says she doesn't like most meals. She won't eat any meat in the house, not out being a vegetarian, she's just being fussy. She will happily eat a KFC but won't eat southern chicken at home that I made & the list goes on. We are down to veg potatoes & pasta at home.
She makes it very difficult to cook one family meal & I've cooked her something separately but I work full time I get home, I'm not the biggest fan of cooking & she's just being fussy. I don't think she gets the concept of actually not liking a food. We all want a doughnut for breakfast but we don't because it's unhealthy. So we choose cereal or something. She won't choose the better option & just says she doesn't like it. Again granola probably isn't as good as a doughnut but we have the granola.
I tried to put my foot down & it blew up in my face.
The thing is I don't know what to do because I remember being the same more or less. Being told what time to eat & you just don't really fancy what everyone else is having.
So I've said to her she's 14 now I think it's a good time she starts cooking some of her own meals to experiment with what she does like and ways to cook it & most of all the cost of food. I really want her to understand that it's actually costly & time consuming & for her to learn some appriciation for food.
I'm just looking for some tips on what others experiences is with this. Do you cook separate meals or do you make them eat what they see given or am I correct in letting her have space to make her own meals because her verity really won't go past veg potatoes & pasta. There's only so many veg lasagnes I can cook before we are all heaving. But that's what she wants. I don't want to cook separate meals.