>> "Will you please eat a slice of pizza"
>Somehow, it has become a parent's duty to coax kids to eat.
>My generation was never coaxed. Instead parents told us why we couldn't have more food - there wasn't any.
>I noticed the switch when my kids were growing up -kids were doing parents a favor by eating.

We always had plenty of food and we got to choose - Eat it or leave it.