A Child at Dinner Time Refuses to Eat Food That

Multiple Choice

A child at dinner time refuses to eat food that is "too green.".One parent promises to reward the child with dessert and another parent threatens to take away the child's phone. Which approach will be more successful?

A) Neither tactic is optimal, threats or bribes do not allow the child to develop self-control.
B) The first parent will because a reward/incentive is important for developing healthy habits.
C) The second parent, because children take advantage of parents who are not firm in food discipline.
D) It depends on the child's age.
E) As long as the parent consumes the healthy food, the tactic does not matter, as children will model what parents eat.