Hmm. Our method is primarily to ignore whether or not the kids are eating their dinner. We do not offer an alternative, and we do not offer a bedtime snack. Bedtime generally starts within an hour of the conclusion of dinner, sometimes sooner, depending on how late dinner was. (Bedtime starts at 7pm, dinner is usually served sometime between 5:45 and 6:15.)
If there is dessert, we require that a certain amount of actual dinner is eaten first. Otherwise, we have no requirements.
I will have to consider whether the method outlined in the post would work here, and whether we'd be willing to try it. I suspect it probably wouldn't, because there is no such thing as a food Erika consistently likes but does not love. (Karl mainly rejects food when Erika says she thinks it's yucky. We are trying to get her to be quiet about it.)
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If there is dessert, we require that a certain amount of actual dinner is eaten first. Otherwise, we have no requirements.
I will have to consider whether the method outlined in the post would work here, and whether we'd be willing to try it. I suspect it probably wouldn't, because there is no such thing as a food Erika consistently likes but does not love. (Karl mainly rejects food when Erika says she thinks it's yucky. We are trying to get her to be quiet about it.)