100% ….no special meals for the fussy ones. BUT if there is something that a child seriously hates then dont try and force it down their throats. I hate bananas and would be seriously sick if i was forced to eat one.

I also store food in the fridge if my little one doesn’t want to eat .

i always feel like im a bad mum when i tell them to eat meal served to them or nothing else. i usually always give in to them….however when i dont give in…they ALWAYS come back to their plate and eat whats on it otherwise i then know that they really are FULL! lol

If they are hungry they will eat, simple as that

I do offer foods more than once – but don’t let my kids go hungry.

I am sure Curtis is referring to kids that are perfectly healthy but fussy eaters. I do not think for one minute he is applying this theory to kids that have an allergy or a specific illness that requires a specialized food intake.

This is basically a good idea in some ways. I always allowed my kids to have 2 things that they did not have to eat if they disliked it after trying it a couple times. One of my daughter’s never liked pumpkin and hates it to this very day! lol! One of my son’s will tolerate it if he has to yet the other son loves it. Fortunately they all loved spuds, carrots, peas and beans and cauliflower. Brussel sprouts were not a fav either .Hubby hates those! lol!! We are all different. I USED TO HATE ONION WHEN I WAS A KID NOW I ADORE IT COOKED but I don’t like it raw in salads etc.

I think I’ll stick with what a dietician told me. Serve them something they like, along with something new or something they say they don’t like.then they at least try it.I have a child who is texture sensitive. My daughter gets fruit after dinner regardless of if she ate all her dinner or not.Curtis stone is no parenting expert and this theory is not for everyone

Good on you Curtis, thats what my parents did for me and I have done the same with my children. No fussy eaters in our household and no food is wasted. Now my children are going it for their children.

i agree with curtis stone kids have to experience all kinds of food, taste buds change, if offered the food enough,

I do agree with Curtis, but it is also easier said than done. I’ve never been one to make separate meals for anyone in our family, but we do tend to eat more of the vegies etc. for the purpose that I know my son will eat them.

Sure agree with Curtis. I always say to my kids “I’m not a restaurant where you can order what you please”, sometimes we eat what you like, other meals you might not like so much and that’s ok. However there are things I don’t make a big deal of. My son doesn’t like raw tomato’s in salad for example, but he likes raw mushroom so he gets raw mushrooms while my daughters get raw tomato’s. Myself and some of my kids eat vegetarian, whilst the other half of the family eats meat. I prepare both vegetarian and meat dishes. Or there might be certain foods they don’t tolerate, that’s reason to see things less strict as well I think.

This is good in theory but, has he ever been served food he hates? What would he do if he lived in our house? Our son (now 20) had his 1st brain surgery for a tumour at 5 1/2 (he’s now had 9 surgeries on his brain) and this altered his taste buds & the sensations he feels in his mouth (amongst other issues) so he often doesn’t eat what we eat. Now would Curtis force his children (or any other child) to eat when they can’t tolerate foods offered or let them go hungry?

I 100% completely agree with Curtis and his words mimick those of my mum. My son is almost 2 and isn’t normally a fussy eater which is great, but he does every so often he does put on a fussy when we are eating dinner. My mum has always said to me “he won’t starve, if he’s hungry he will eat” and if this happens we put the food in the fridge and he will eat it for lunch the next day or whenever he is hungry, the main part is, he will always eat it & to this day he has never starved, he’s now old enough to come to me and let me know when he’s hungry

Great work Curtis. Way too many kids dictate what happens in their homes, not just what they eat and it is creating a monster that will be harder to control as they get older. Families don’t have money to waste on making several meals a night, so kids have to learn that what is cooked for tea, will be the same as everyone else and they need to eat it. Stop letting kids make the rules.

I think it depends on what is on offer, if you keep trying to give them a large amount of food they have not had it could be overwhelming. A tablespoon here and there is a good way to get them used to new tastes. Cooking with kids always helps too. I think also it is worth taking into consideration they might not feel well, and want something lighter like a soup. Or why not make a smoothie instead. I would not let my kid starve, I think it is not going to help.

Fully agree with Curtis on this matter. Never had fussy eaters in my house – sometimes I had to introduce a food a couple of times, like Brussel sprouts, but eventually they came to decide they liked it and there was no problems.

Hubby nailed this comment. Go Curtis. My mum and dad, both RIP, would be singing your praises right about now, We were all brought up this way. We never had left overs go to waste, nor did ever throw away food we over cooked or cooked badly regardless. We were not rude enough, insulting enough, rich enough, wasteful enough, or spoilt enough to do these things. We were constantly reminded of the starving children on our streets and overseas.

Look out if we ate out of turn and were not hungry at proper meal times, look out if we over salted or sauced our meal. Still have to eat it, rinse the salt, soak up sauce with bread, many tricks to fix what we ruined ourselves, but never wasted any regardless.

This may seem cruel, inhumane etc, well we did very well thank you very much. No spoilt brats under our roof with all 7 of us kids, although I can not say all the grand kids did so well, and some of the great grand kids are absolute rotten eggs.

Mine though, manners and well heeded eating habits are still being practiced every day. Stuff my dad clobbered me for, and stuff mum made us feel guilty about, and they are all still so true and real today. We were never sick from eating the prepared food, unless we made such a fuss/temper tantrum we brought it upon ourselves, but the food as a cause, never. It is time the do gooders and scared parents took lessons from the parents and kids pre 2000’s and learn the hard love methods needed to bring up a more well balanced and less spoilt child.

I agree with Curtis stone and I don’t understand why he is receiving so much backlash in the media for his comment. I do this with my 2 year old when he is being picky and not wanting to eat and sure enough he will eat the same dish I put in front of him with no fighting when he is hungry hungry

Fish is a thing you either like or you don’t. I consider also it depends on the age of the child.
It was also recently reported in a medical article, that children whose feet can’t reach something solid can get pins and needles in their legs and feet. They feel uncomfortable to they don’t want to eat they just want their legs and feet feel better. Only recently I noticed a child I was minding swings his legs a lot. Now I think I know the reason why. Maybe Curtis Stone should do a bit more research before he starts telling parents what to do.