Moms Talk: Healthy Food, Healthy Kids?

We've talked about it before -- -- and it's no secret that getting kids to eat some vegetables once in a while will help them out in the long (and short) run.

But, it's one thing to pack your kid an all-organic, all-natural, well-balance lunch. And, it's another to make sure he didn't trade it for a Zinger.

Do you have any tricks of the trade to make sure your kid eats well? Do you limit their diets -- no soda at friend's houses? Do you adhere to strict rules or take a more relaxed approach?

And, then, when talking about getting kids to eat their broccoli, there always comes the be all and end all of questions: what do you do with a kid who refuses to eat?

There are two camps in this debate: the appeasers and the hardliners. Which are you? Why?