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Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
I have learned to accept the following facts:

I will spend $X amount each week on groceries.
The kids will eat alll of it.
The money is spend and is gone.

This is the SAME thing:

I will spend $X amount each week on groceries.
The kids will eat none of it.
The money is spend and is gone.

See? You serve/they eat (or not).
The money is spent either way.

It's just not one of those power struggles I am willing to engage in.

SOOOOO much less stressful.

....and for some reason when you no longer care or push them to eat, they start eating.