> Yes, you can decide that the child will eat vegetable and do their homework. You literally cannot. When I was 5, I was told I couldn't go out and play until

> Yes, you can decide that the child will eat vegetable and do their homework. You literally cannot. When I was 5, I was told I couldn't go out and play until I'd eaten my lunch. I didn't go out and play. But I also didn't eat my lunch. > Grow a spine, set rules, and enforce them. That is how responsible adults are made. If not, your children will still be children when they grow up, and you will be responsible for it. Despite your best efforts, your kids will not turn out the way you wanted.