For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 16, 2009

I had two daughters that way.(Still do)

At least he’s counting! That ought to improve his maths.

green_engineer is on the nail.

John, an easy way to make baked-beans nicer–just add some taco-seasoning and salsa when you heat them, and stuff’em in a shell!

This reminds me of my brother when we were kids, he’d count his peas and take them like pills with his milk. He hated peas!

Ahh dinner alone with the kids…. Dad is getting an idea of what Moms day is like!

Where are all those mom prepared frozen meals? And why haven’t we seen Elly with her parents? I was looking forward to that.

tell the kids they don’t have to eat them now, but when they get hungry later, they will still be on he table

Peas are what led to an agreement between me and the folks–if I hated the cooked veg, I had to fix my own alternate and eat it at the table. I was a celery and carrot stick fan from early on.

My EX tried that with my daughter. Did not work she did not eat for 2 days. I just said then don’t eat. Nothing till morning. I took away their meal and drink right then. no dessert or snack .

Mike gives new meaning to the term “Bean counter”.

We all eat the same meal. If you wanted something special you could ask for. Then Mom would make it for the whole family at one of the meals

Dad tried to force my oldest brother to eat peas. Had him down on the floor, holding his nose. Still didn’t work. One of my teachers stood over me and insisted I ate everything on my lunch tray. I did, but then promptly threw it all back up. Thing is, I wasn’t a skinny child, and it was mashed potatoes & gravy that I didn’t want to eat. Why force an overweight child to eat?

Macushlalondra says:

This reminds me of my brother when we were kids, he’d count his peas and take them like pills with his milk. He hated peas! My son too and 40 years later he still does it. Every time we have a family dinner we make sure that there are peas. He doesn’t eat them now but he does give them a dirty look.

We had a window next to the dining table with a screen that latched on the bottom. I had to sit at the table alone after everyone else was done so, in a flash, unlatch, ditch the food, latch back. I’m done!

Had a teacher try that old “Starving orphans in China” routine with me when I was in 5th grade. I simply told her to box mine up and ship it to ‘em! 2hrs in the Principal’s office for that one!

I love to eat green beans and peas. I am not really fond of kidney beans. It tastes too bland. What kind of beans did Mike has on his plate?

I’d imagine John opened a can of baked beans, which generally contains navy beans (also known as pea beans or haricots).

the rule at my house is: You don’t have to eat what you don’t like, but you MUST take at least one bite - even if you didn’t like the same thing last week.

Result: My kids will eat almost anything now, as they get time to get used to the taste.

I even used this rule on a good friend of mine who had always refused to eat lobster, you must try, that’s just the rule in our house. Of course she loved it… :D