She is right this is a terrible thing. I watched a sister-in-law do this, and I never allowed my children to get away with setting the menu or putting extra requirements on the person preparing the meal. Eat what is in front of you, or don't eat.
Quit spoiling our children and we will solve some of the world's ills.
I agree with you in the point: eat what is in front of you or do not eat. To this day there is one thing that my Father made me eat, to which I promptly hurled on the dining room table: creamed spinach. I hate it and ever since then*(over 36 years ago)* - I will not eat it, it makes me ill./Just Asking - seoul62.......
put ‘em on a see-food diet. You see it, you eat it, or you go hungry.