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I'm not a parent, but I say yes, keep firm with the dinners. My brother is 14 years old and still won't eat ANYTHING that didn't come from 7-11. He will not touch a vegetable - he won't even have hamburgers if they were fried in a pan, he needs them barbequed. He's been this way for as long as I can remember, and it's all because my mom wasn't firm enough. Now, he doesn't eat any meals and then goes to the corner store and gets filled up on that junk. He just upright refuses to eat anything with any sort of vitamin. (In fact he sometimes takes vitamin pills in replacement). He won't even have mac & cheese, something I thought all kids loved. I have never had a problem eating dinners, because I know when I'm gone, I'll actually want that home-cooked meal. Who knows what's going to happen with my brother.
Sorry for bumping the thread if it's "ended" but I guess I missed the start and wanted to add that. It does effect kids later on in their years.
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