(Other than to the extent that you are supporting forcing kids to eat one type of food to get another type of food, which I really disagree with from a health perspective.)
LOL!!! Actually I'm really just for not teaching kids to be brats. The girl in the example I knew through daycare and this was how she ran her family (and that is not a typo...). For the food thing around here it is basically you get healthy food options for meals that you choose whether or not to eat. Snacks are up to you from the OK snack shelf. Sugar is allowed in sensible moderation. I strongly believe that food should never be used as a bribe or a reward in and of itself, although going out for ice cream as a family on a hot day when the kids have really done a good job of acting decently has been a fun consequence more than once! The focus tends to be more on the family outing part than on the ice cream.
