Re: Question

Dear Bella,

Thank you for getting back to me. My son is 10 years old. He's a very smart boy. He has made the choice that he does not want to eat anything healthy. I try to get him to meet me in the middle (I'll say "have a piece of fruit first and then you can have the potato chips"). He'll say to me "I don't want anything healthy" and he'll refuse it. He really does live on very processed, unhealthy foods. He will go hungry before eating something healthy. He's got some very strong willpower.

We fight all the time about food. I've come to the conclusion that he's got some lesson to learn through all this (probably me too) and I'm just going to let it unfold. It's killing me though. It's become such a big issue between us. It's always the pink elephant in the room. He knows that when he gets hungry it is battle time. The tension over what he's going to eat has gotten so bad that I'm just letting him go. It hurts me to hear over and over "Mom, why do you always have to boss my diet?" I know he understands that it's my job to guide him to do the "right" thing but he still doesn't want any of my help - he wants to do it his way.

There have been no big changes in our lives (no dicorce, moving, etc.). We're basically a happy, stable family.

Thanks for any input. Tweet