Parents of picky eaters are always looking for creative ways to get kids to eat, but one mom’s viral dinner time tip has some people divided. Darin Nicole, a popular vlogger who posts parenting tips on TikTok, recently shared this straightforward advice for ending food battles: Don’t give kids a choice about what they eat.<\/p>
Darin Nicole says she and her husband make and serve one meal for dinner each night, and if their kids choose not to eat it, they don’t get other options. Whatever food doesn’t get eaten is left out on the counter for the rest of the evening. The kids can choose to come back to it later or eat it as a late night snack, but they can’t ask for other snacks.<\/p>
“They have the option,” the mom explains. “They don’t have to eat it, but they’re not having anything else the rest of the night … That’s how it works in this house.”<\/p>