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Stick to your guns, Raenna. I know it's hard to watch, but she won't die of starvation, and it'll teach her to not take food for granted (esp. as made by you). Basically it's her own choice to not eat, so make sure she understands that you're not being mean... she has a choice and she's using it to make herself hungry. If she can grasp the idea of what choice means, and how she's responsible for herself, a day or two of fasting will pay massive dividends for other battles.
Kids REALLY need to be taught hard lessons about their own responsibility at an early age, believe me. Otherwise they will walk all over you 10 years from now, when she's in junior high remembering that time that mommy caved in (this is speaking from a former high school teacher's point of view, where I saw how soft most parents had become and what a detriment to their own children it was).
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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
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