[Kiara.I]

Originally Posted by Rose5000

May I read this above sentence to my husband?

Sure.

I'm glad your son's getting hydrated. (Deep orange? Really? Is that consistent for him? Yikes!)

Originally Posted by Rose5000

EXPerience has shown me that he doesn't like what is made? he will go looking for something, anything that will taste good ......and sometimes that leads to finding nothing, walking out to his screens which masks the hunger..

Does that matter? (Assuming you've removed the other foods of choice...) Will it mean that at the next meal he's actually hungry and will eat?

Originally Posted by Rose5000

HMMM..... he needs to have me make sure that there are things that he does like both in the house and cooked so when hungry he can find *something* (!) I'm not quite sure how a person / a mom would do that one---multiple meals at same time available. can you picture that better and then i can give a better answer?

Well, I haven't had to deal with it, so not really.

He's 10. Teach him to cook. Seriously, make a list of precisely TWO things that he can choose to make himself to substitute for a meal if he doesn't like what's offered, and then make him take care of it. NOT junk as a substitute, those two choices. Peanut butter sandwiches are a common substitute I've seen, if he'll eat those. Or an egg and toast, something like that.

But at 10, you should be working toward giving him the skills to take care of that himself.