answer:I think the mother should always have the ultimate say over what the kid eats or doesn’t eat, but I also think that it may be a bit “much” to expect a little kid to eat all the food on their plate. I can see insisting they eat a certain amount of meat or their veggies, but “all the food” may be tough, almost like torture. I have a cousin who is turning 60 in two weeks, and to this day she hates peas because her father used to make her eat every pea on her plate. She hated them then and she hates them now, many decades later.