I basically tell em, ONE SITTING. EAT or STARVE.
If they ever decide to tough it out, I am in trouble.
well he had the choice of a bath and bed at 7pm or eating. so we had a stand off and we negotiated it down to half of everything that was on his plate. it doesn't help that his father has the aberrant eating habits, when i sit there and say, xsboy, you must learn to eat something other than chicken nuggets and fries! because the two of them (father AND son) would be perfectly happy eating just that, with some bag salad, every night of the week!
so, there on the counter sit 3 fat crabcakes, made with GOOD CRABMEAT, not the cheap stuff. and xspup will likely be chowing down on them a bit at a time the rest of the week (i gave him a little last night, just to make sure he wasn't allergic to seafood....; ))