Thank you for the positive feedback on the book! I'm so glad you're finding it useful. As to the dinner question - it's funny how we sometimes know the answer that we can't follow. You know, for example, that you shouldn't be working so hard at getting them to eat (except for that 1 year old maybe, who might need some help). So now the trick is to stick to your principles and don't get involved. Make sure you have a plate of food also. You sit down WITH them and you start to eat normally. Just eat and talk to them about the day, as if nothing unusual is going on. When you're finished your meal, talk a bit longer, then say that you're all done and leave the table. The first night you do this, they may or may not eat while you do. Just be sure to tell them that there will be no other food served that night for anyone who hasn't finished dinner. After a few nights of watching you eat, they'll just catch on. It will be a case of "monkey see, monkey do." Hopefully, this will solve your problem.  Sarah Chana

My kids never ate their dinner until I started restricting their daytime snacks. Before that I used to give them cookies in the morning, treats to take to school, after school snacks like sugar-filled yogurt or jam on toast and dessert if they ate dinner. I cut everything out except for pretzels in the lunch box. Then they started eating their dinner no problem! The only in-between foods in our house are raw fruits and vegetables now. This really works!