Supper Table rules (Page 3)

So the other rule you might need to add is CHEW SWALLOW THEN TALK !!!

I like the try everything rule. 
I went to a catholic school on an island in the caribbean and the traditional food of the island was fish and fungi, sort of like a cornmeal and mullet/mullet roe stuffing, and the nuns made us eat every bite on our plate. Fish and fungi is flat out god awful. Forty years later, one of my friends at work was heating up a plate of fish and fungi in the microwave and the smell gave me the dry heaves.
Try it, but don't make them eat it all.

In comparison with my COJ brethren, I have to say I'm a lot more lax.  As long as everybody's following the regular rules of the house, there are no problems.  We have a lot of fun at the table...and in my book, that means laughing is much more important than any kind of formality.

Oh wait, thought of a rule I guess.  If dinner's not eaten, then obviously, there's no snack.  It's not a threat, just the way it is and the kids have always known that. 

you will notice that rule was for the kid. I am the sdult and I'll keep doing that until I am old and grey!   lol.

Our famous rule was:

"If you say you hate something, you have to eat 2x as much."

That kept the complaining to a minimum.