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Originally Posted by mikester
Our Temple is like that for the summer day camp he attends. Not as bad as what you're referring to but we substitute soy nut butter which he actually likes more (as do I) so there is no issue.
Sometimes he asks for a soy and peanut butter sandwich.
We have gone the route of trying to force him to eat what we do and frankly this boy is willing to fight it much more than we are. I'm not a roll over parent but seriously - the fight was a CONSTANT, knock down drag out every night. We finally just gave up. If he doesn't eat - he doesn't eat and there isn't anything I can do about it (except give him candy right? He'll eat that...). Now that was the past - we have had him and us in some counseling and that has been productive. We're dealing with a some impulse control and ADHD issues. I'm fine with him snorting peanut butter up his nose, I'm not fine with him asking for food and then not eating it.
These days, and there are previous threads on this - we have lightened up at dinner time and so has he. He eats more, I know what he likes and doesn't and I do tailor things a bit but I don't go far out of my way. I meet him part way and he's meeting me part way.
Hopefully he will grow out of it but I'm a bit food obsessive myself, I just have more range. =-)
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Actht ZOOOO.."a bit food obsessive...." does the Apple fall far from the tree...
"Impulse control"...yeah it is called being SIX YEARS OLD...at 6 years old you are letting the WITCH DOCTORS diagnose your kid...that is fking insane...What do yu have to say about that? Are you abdicating your own common sense to someone who is a supposed expert?
The day that he stops fighting is the day I would start to worry. watch the movie "Stand By Me" some parents tend to beat the creativity out of their kids instead of encouraging a kids talent and focusing it....
Howevr a parnet also has to teach their kid to recognize that there are limits, that they are not all powerfull and can get anything they want. Clint said, "A man has got to know his limits' of what he can do today and what he can do tommorow.
At 6 years old Dad is Lord and Master, and what Dad says goes...why do you have that power, because in childhood you are respoonsible for their safety and welfare. Hopefully you are teaching them good survival skills for later on in life.