Kacey said:How about "clean your plate, there are children starving in <insert country here>"?
Oh yes...practically every single night. Both of my brothers and I were the pickiest eaters as kids (actually, the three of us still have some "picky" eating habits as adults). We heard "There are many poor children back home!" (meaning the Philippines) quite a bit. Funny that we didn't hear that line the first (and last) time Mom tried to make us eat liver for dinner.
Do you remember those cheesy afterschool specials on ABC?