getting fussy kids to eat

Bananas, Maybe. Peas and Kale? Dream On. When I was two (after having been forced to eat boiled unsalted mashed carrots) I refused to eat any pretty much any vegetable that wasn't a potato and stayed that way till I was 16. A friend of mine grew up not liking food because he was always forced to clean his plate, whether or not the food was any good or if he was already full. Coercion doesn't work, people! As my pediatrician eventually told my mom to get her to back off, kids won't starve themselves. Meals should be happy and loving, not stressful.