[HappyHopefulMommy]

We have also struggled with this a little. We were placed with a sib set of 3 and will be adopting them soon. But right now, they are technically "foster kids". For the first few weeks, I said "this is what is for dinner, after you try it, if you do not like it you may have a bowl of cereal". Well, that did not work, because they would almost always choose cereal. Now, we just say, "this is dinner". We eat a lot of pasta and rice and none of the kids wanted much to do with either of those. (They all wanted fast food and soda - my 5 year old only drank water for a month because she wanted soda, she would not touch milk or juice). I believe the "law" is that they have to be served a healthy meal 3 x a day. I do not think we have to make sure they eat it. There are times my 7 year old will not eat mac n cheese and he loves it. Sometimes he just is not that hungry. So, we say exactly what you say to your bios. They always eat something. And they know if they are hungry later, their dinner will be ready for them.