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I never force my kids to eat. If they are not hungry, I simply don't push it. Both of my children are on the slender side. My son is definitely thin by most standards. I do think that he eats well and that he does not go hungry. When he is hungry, everyone in a ten-mile radius would know. In fact, it seems he never goes more than two hours before he asks for something to eat. Recently though, I have been getting slack from my family that he is too thin and he should be eating more. I asked my doctor who reassured me that he was fine. My husband and his family are all thin (unfortunately my family can eat an extra pear and gain five pounds), so perhaps it is in my son's genetic make-up to be slender. Do you feel it is important to force your children to sit and eat? I am on the fence on this. I want them to realize when it is they are hungry without me telling them that they are, but I don't want to neglect them of the nutrients they might need.