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Sort of. My mom would make the meal her and my dad wanted to eat, but she'd make it in sections. So I could choose from the things I did like and have more of that. Although she always made me have a little of the other stuff too!

I find I cater to our boys palate a lot more than I'd like to, but honestly sometimes it's just easier!!!

Never!!! The phrase in our house was, "If you don't like it, lump it." It's so funny now lol We had to eat what was made or choose not to eat at all. My parents have six children, it just wouldn't have been practical to make a different dish for everyone.

She actually made me my least favorite meal on my birthday one year! I was so mad...

Nope. We were a "eat this or you will just starve" kinda family prob bc we were all really chubby and healthy...they never worried too much about our food. LO on the other hand is really small (13th percentile) and a super picky eater. I feel like I spend all day making meals in the hopes that she will eat something. I also chase her around hoping that I can get something in her...so not good :T

I guess kind of yes, though my sister and I were always good eaters and really only didnt like two ingredients (and still don't): mushrooms and cilantro. We weren't too hard to accommodate

Um, that would be a big, fat NO! I am the oldest of 10 kids, there's no way there could have been any catering. Thankfully, none of us were picky eaters (or maybe we just learned not to be?).

No. I wasn't a picky eater at all.

My mom didn't cater too much and guess what... none of us are picky eaters. We are the total opposite and love all kinds of food. My siblings and I share a deep interest in food and restaurants.

I do cater a bit to my DD's though, especially at young ages. But as they get older, I don't. My 5 year old is much more adventurous with food now than when she was 2 or 3. It makes me happy, but it wasn't and still isn't an easy feat!

Nope. My mom's famous line was, "This isn't a restaurant, you eat what I cook!" Ugh liver with onions. I hated meat when I was little but I had to eat it. My sister and I fell asleep at the dinner table a few times because we weren't allowed to leave until we finished the majority of the food on our plates.

No, but they didn't need to, I wasn't a very picky eater. Something tells me though that if I had been, they wouldn't have catered to me.

Nope. If we didn't eat what she made for dinner, then we'd just be hungry. She usually made stuff we liked, though...and none of us was real picky.

My MIL catered to dh, which annoys me. He was really used to that, so at first I had to accommodate him...But he's better, now about trying stuff, to put up a good front for ds. I try to make stuff they like, though.

My poor mother. I didn't eat fruit or veggies. My sister is a vegetarian. My brother is lactose intolerant. She catered to all of us.

My mom yes, my dad no. My mom would make something however we wanted it. She said she didn't mind as long as we'd eat, and I'm super picky. When we were at my dads it was this is what I'm making, this is what you get. If always have to pick things out

@Arden: I used to hate spaghetti! I loved the noodles but not the sauce... but eating them more often made me like it..

And potatoes - used to hate potatoes unless they were mashed potatoes. But now I don't mind them (still not a huge fan of baked potatoes though).

My mom never catered to us! She made one meal and we all ate it. There were a few exceptions: There is one Korean meal I refuse to eat (sujebi and/or kalgooksu - both are dough-based noodle soups) and because it was the only thing I wouldn't eat, my mother would let it slide.

But sometimes I suffered through dinner because I just didn't want to eat what was served but I didn't feel like I had any other option - I just knew that if I didn't eat what was served, it meant that I didn't eat at all.

We were given a choice between what was being served or a peanut butter sandwich. I'm not going to cater to DS's palate...unless he decides to be a vegetarian, DH and I are both willing to do that (and do it half the time now anyway).

Sometimes. I was the only one in my family who couldn't eat spicy food (still can't... It hurts!) and I didn't like Korean food. So usually my parents would broil a fish or something like that, and my veggie would be pickles. (I don't even like pickles!) as I got older it got easier because I could cook my own entrée so they could eat what they wanted. So if they were having a spicy Korean stew with rice I'd pan fry a chicken breast, microwave some frozen veggies and have that with rice. I ate a lot of Stouffers lasagna!

Sometimes my mom would make Korean food without the spices, take out my portion and then add the spices, but usually this doesn't work too well with Korean food!

@Alivoo01: ditto

when i was a kid, no!!! everyone got the same thing for dinner...funny things is that as an adult, my dad who was the cook, would make my favorite meals for me all the time when he knew i was coming over...or he would call me to tell me that he made a special dinner...i MISS my dad SO much!!!

Yes. My mom made different dishes for me or would modify the one she was making to not include the things I didn't like.

Nope! My Mum made one meal, and if you didn't like it you didn't eat. Or you cooked yourself toast.

Nope! I had to eat what she made, but she never really made anything I didn't like so it wasn't an issue But of course just by nature of being a kid I would fuss about some things (not wanting to eat ALL my vegetables) but I would still have to at least TRY everything on my plate.