What type of mom are you?

I always gave the kids a choice of several things for breakfast (I never bought cereal) - & they had input into what went into their school lunches (I wanted them to eat lunch). Days when they had lunch at home & every dinner - we all had whatever I decided. Since I did the cooking, I got to decide.

The kids are 25 now & look great so I guess it worked.

FYI - their favourite breakfast was always a baked potato & glass of milk. Who would have thought of that? I talked to one of them Sunday & he was microwaving a potato for breakfast

My 4 year old is a grazer so he is always wanting something to eat and drink...literally every 20 minutes he wants one or the other. When it comes to dinner time, I decide with my husband what the main dish will be and I make several side item options that my husband, myself or my son would like...we kinda eat different meals this way but it is not much extra effort and it ensures that my underweight husband and scrawny preschooler actually eat.

For the main meal of the day I write a weekly menu plan so that I know what I need to buy that week, the kids are always asked what they would like when I am writing the menu and I try to incorporate that into one of the nights unless it is a silly request (my kids are 5 and 8). I have not got the time or money to make different meals for everyone.

For their packed lunches I ask what they would like in their sandwich and which fruit they would like so they get more free choice there.

Breakfast is toast or cereal they can choose which they would like. On Sundays we all have home cooked pancakes and a leisurely breakfast.

I pick what's for dinner, unless my husband requests something, I cook it, and everybody eats it or goes hungry. My attitude is that they should be happy to get fed so that they get to live another day. My 7 year old is incredibly picky, and if I give in to her, she'd end up eating nothing but hotdogs and popsicles for dinner.

Like I said, gratitude is important. I'm grateful to my husband because he works hard to support us, and he's grateful that I cook, clean, and wash his underpants. My children should be grateful that they have parents who feed them nutritious, well-prepared food, buy them attractive well-made clothes, and give them a comfortable home.

I swore before I had children that I would not raise brats. They don't always get what they want, but the get what's good for them. And they are great kids.

They do get whatever they want for their birthday dinner.

My 7 year old is incredibly picky, and if I give in to her, she'd end up eating nothing but hotdogs and popsicles for dinner.

My six year old could live off Nutella sandwiches, boiled shrimp, and deli turkey. I can't even get him to eat spaghetti or pizza.

I had five children at home at one time. If they did not like the meal served; they were free to make something else. Guess what, all are much better cooks and bakers than their mom is.

THis is our family.. but we have six kids

i decide when and what we eat for dinner.

but hey im open if they want to start cooking. you cook, i clean!

I am the type where my 8 yr old daughter chooses what she wants to eat certain days of the week. i usually cook 4 days out of the week. She was born a grazer...she would eat sporadically throughout the day...I would have to leave a plate out for her to eat for a couple of hours and then take away the plate...ever since she was little she was that way...now she tries to make healthy choices when it comes to her snacks...so proud of her...

I try to make sure that what I make is something healthful but they like. For example, my oldest hates pasta and pasta sauce. So, I don't make him eat it. I respect him enough to admit that he has his own tastes. There are foods that I don't like, and I don't eat them, so I give him the same consideration. I do often make split meals because their father eats a lot of conventional processed foods that I avoid.

I'm flexible, but not a restaurant. I can't read the future, my kids are young, but I see it continuing to be similar to how it is now. I let them help as much as they can appropriate to their age in the shopping and food prep. My oldest is special needs, so I try to have things that he will eat as oftentimes he would just go without eating rather than eat certain things, and he is already very slim.

The thing that is different from my style and other similar moms that I know IRL, is that I do have boundaries when it comes to the types of foods. Yes, I am willing to make you a sandwich because you don't like pasta. No, you can't buy a Kids' Cuisine to heat up. Yes, we can get some watermelon and strawberries. No, we can't get oatmeal cream pies. Yes, we can get grape juice. No, we can't get Hi-c.

There are some foods that my kids love. Cheese is probably the biggest one. I try to let them have the things they really like in the best way (such as real cheese, not kraft american chemical slices) and they have grown up eating things like apples and crackers, not Oreos and e z cheez.

I'm hoping that this will encourage them to eat better as adults. I was raised in a family where if there was breakfast, it was some ****ty sugar cereal, lunch was Ramen or bologna, you brought a little Debbie snack cake to school, "juice" was colored sugar water, and dinner was either a mountain of pasta and butter or sauce or it was hamburger helper. Vegetables were rare and came from a can. Salads, fresh fruit, and anything healthy need not apply. Look at me now! I've had to struggle with portion control and learning what is and isn't good to eat my entire adult life. I still am.

I decide what is for dinner, however I take their opinions to mind and try to cook something they both like!

If I know I'm cooking something she doesn't eat I will make her whatever she wants.

She eats what I cook (she's 3) if she doesn't like it she gets a PB&J. on Saturday it's usually whatever she wants (within reason)for breakfast and lunch, dinner depends on what we're doing that day.

I try to plan meals everyone will like. Anyone who doesn't like what we're having can make themselves a pb&j. They are all old enough to do that except the 2yo and she's working on it The others are 6,9,9 and 13. I do try new things from time to time though...

I decide what we're having. If my kids let me know that they really like something, then I may try to have it a little more often.

I was a little of both when my girls were still at home. I might ask "would you rather have chicken or fish tonight?" But that often ended with one asking for chicken and the other for fish and then a whole thing about who "always" gets their way and then I'd end up kicking them out of the kitchen and making beans.

Or if one asked "could we have spaghetti tonight", I would often fix it.

But most of the time they were outside playing when I prepared dinner and had no idea what I was serving until I called them in. But even they complained about it, they knew I wasn't going to get up and fix them something else.