12 year old daughter refuses to eat what her father 'cooked', asks permission to make something else but the father doesn't allow it: "He told me that I would sit at that table until I finished eating"

Should parents let their children eat whatever they want? As a general rule, the answer is no. Children can be really picky eaters, and if parents let them eat only the things they like, they will end up eating only candy and McDonald's. So yes, many times parents find themselves telling their children to eat their vegetables and fruits so they can have a healthy and balanced diet. We don't agree with forcing them to eat when they're not hungry, but part of the parents' job is to make sure their kids are well-fed and nurtured. Yet, in some cases, it can be alright to let the kid eat something else if they don't like what the rest of the family is having, especially if it is a one-time thing and not a regular occurrence. In this case, a woman tells an anecdote that happened when she was 12 years old. Her mother had gone to work and left dinner ready for her father to give to her and her siblings, but the father apparently was too lazy to do that. He chose to give his children some canned spaghetti, which his daughter didn't like at all. She asked the dad if she could just make herself a PBandJ sandwich, and then clean up after herself and the others, but the dad said no. he told he…

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