Were you ever forced to eat certain food as a child?

Did your parents ever “make” you eat something you didn’t want to as a child? Did it change your preference for that food or was it useless?

It seems like this is one of those “two types of people in the world” things.

I was never forced to eat food as a child. Probably because I was always willing to try new things and there were just certain things I didn’t want to eat and they accepted that. Even so, my brother was always a super picky eater and he was never forced to eat anything (he’s much better now, though). My mom says that one of the few things her parents did that she really hated was make her eat certain food when she was a young child. She wasn’t even a picky eater; she ate most things.

I know situations are different when your child isn’t eating enough and it may be a problem and they’re just being stubborn. But I don’t think it’s right to do (in fact I think it’s cruel) and especially if the child eats plenty and just doesn’t like certain things, it’s completely ridiculous. Not everyone is going to like everything. I don’t like eggs, hot dogs, seafood, or mushrooms. It’s been fine for me so far…