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@huanjo Tomorrow is a dinner by 15! And other days they are going to eat what we have or grab their own veggies and protein. I’ll take it if it works out.

@cujones Thank you. Part of me thinks you’re right that we should let it go in favor of togetherness. Part of me wants to provide protein and veggies. Maybe I can stipulate that and have them fix their own inside those parameters. And occasionally cook for us all inside those same guidelines.

@ajhnh Oh yes! Cuts down on food getting thrown out, too! We did have 15 cook for is yesterday! We had pasta Alfredo with homemade sauce! Delicious! And I get it for lunch today 😊

@chadm Thank you all for the shared experiences and suggestions. 15 and I talked tonight and agreed they could come up with their own choices of veggies and proteins and sit down with the rest of us. They want their own choices and I want nutritional variety and family time. This could be...

@rolltider39 Thank you for your help. I hope we now have a solution that may work. They can grab their own choices of proteins and veggies and sit down with us. Better than what it has been lately - complaints, then straight to crackers.

@tours I told 15 they only had a very few more years before they would be on their own completely with their food choices and to just hang on. I’d love to see them take an interest in cooking real food once they’re out in the world!

@michaelo Thank you for your response. The gripes are so disrespectful, you are right. 15 does make popcorn or ramen for the other kids and even me, sometimes. For a while they’d make as pasta dish or help cut up salads. Now they rush home just in time for dinner because they are so busy at...

I (f49) and hubby (m50) have three kids, 8,13,&15. When they were little, we had three semi balanced meals and two snacks everyday as part of the routine. As they got older, it all loosened into what now is me feeding the 8 year old breakfast before school, one big family breakfast that everyone...