Potato Pay

When my older daughter, second child, was about five-years-old, she hated green beans and loved macaroni and cheese. If both were on her plate, she ate her mac n cheese and begged for more even though she had not eaten one green bean. She had promised she would eat a green bean and then a bit of m n cheese.

So, we worked out a deal. I kept her mac n cheese in a bowl by me and she had to eat a green bean before I would put a bite of m n c on her plate.

Then, yesterday,I saw a commercial with the same idea. They call it 'potato pay."

I looked up the commercial to share with you. There was even a chart to help parents. I think the chart has rewards that are too large.

Exbf told me about a little girl at one of the dinners. She put a green bean in her mouth and made a face while she chewed it, an awful face that let you know she just hated the green bean. I wonder what the deal was for her.

Have you ever withheld food, bite by bite, and allowed your child to have it like in the commercial? Or, with any food the child wanted? Any other hated food stories?