You set conditions for your kids. Goals. “If you do this, then you’ll get that.” Sometimes this works, and sometimes adjustments need to be made. Fair or unfair, for one reason or another, sometimes dessert becomes four more bites far, far away.
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Dad and Buried says: I’m constantly moving the goalposts on my kid. But sometimes I just let him run straight to the endzone untouched. So it evens out.
(I went with the football metaphor because I didn’t know how to say that via Star Wars. I’m ashamed of that fact.)
I’m a big fan of the die roll…let the kid roll a die (I prefer 10 or 12 sided) and that’s how many more bites they have to take…
Them rolling gives them the *illusion* of control, when really, your odds of them needing more than a bite or 2 are pretty dang good.
Ceri says: LOVE the Dice idea. We actually in the past used Darth Vader to our advantage. Although my son’s suspension of disbelief window is closing at the old age of 5. My husband has a Darth Vader ring tone. Hubby follows the local chapter of the 501st around and there is a guy who has a Vader costume. Our son thinks he has met Vader. We used that belief like we use santa…We have asked him to tell my son to eat his veggies, pick up toys, and at the age of 2.5 poo in the potty. (we were desperate) Then Darth Vader calls to check on him….. if he isn’t doing what we told him, we have said Darth Vader might come and take him to the dark side. Of course he then told us, well he can’t get to our house he does not have a car. Blew right through that logic when I reminded him he has the Death Star he can go where ever he wants. He than proceeded to pick up toys as told because he did not want to go to the dark side… Oh, and yes, we are saving, not for college, for the therapy bills…
Laurie says: Ughhhh my grandfather always had the 4 bite rule! His idea of 4 bites would be a regular persons 20 bites…Sigh I do miss him though, being a grown up now I would not have to eat the 4 beets at his table..GAG
When my kids were 3 and under it was always 3 more bites, above that it was however old they were…up til they were like 8 or so and then they just cleaned their plates unless they were sick or something…But I don’t remember ever having much problem with them eating. Neither of them were ever picky eaters. My daughter would just get full fast so we taught her not to drink much until she was done and to eat her meat and veggies before any potatoes and bread. Now she can out eat me and she is skinny as a freakin’ pole!
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