than your parents? I am fortunate enough to have been raised by wonderful parents, but there are still a few things I am doing differently for various reasons. The food mistakes thread got me thinking about something my parents used to do. I was not fond of veggies as a kid and my parents occasionally tried to force feed me by making me stay seated at the table long past dinnertime. I could either sit there until bedtime or get up whenever I chose to eat the veggies. But I was incredibly stubborn (some might say I still am) and refused every time.

Now I refuse to have a power struggle with my children over food. I never make them take a bite of anything (though they are not allowed to say they don’t like something unless they have tried it). But the little one in particular is not big on veggies and I have to admit that my parents’ approach sometimes seems reasonable. But I still won’t try it, not because I was “traumatized” by it or anything else (and in fact, I’m a pretty healthy eater today), but simply because I know it didn’t work. I NEVER ate those veggies and I went to bed feeling like I “won” because of it. My children show every sign of being just as stubborn as I am.

That’s my story and now back to my question. What are you doing differently than your parents? And why?