tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537250501289775111.post3147964870615886471..comments2010-04-16T21:42:53.792-04:00Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531038729784271459noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537250501289775111.post-21132152187487674192010-04-16T21:42:53.786-04:002010-04-16T21:42:53.786-04:00You both are so right. We should have been stricter from the beginning when kids were toddlers and it would have been easier for us now and healthier for the kids.<br />This is in fact exactly how I grew up. One choice every meal, for adults as well as kids. And this is what our pediatrician was always saying. We are trying to insist on mature and healthy now.<br /><br />There is a great program on ABC on Fridays - Food Revolution with Jamie Oliver. It touches the same points. We should offer kids what we think they should eat and not give them what we know they will prefer eating. As an example: regular milk vs chocolate mil.Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531038729784271459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537250501289775111.post-60617976812760834482010-04-13T18:02:48.063-04:002010-04-13T18:02:48.063-04:00My daughter pretty much eats everything that we adults eat and is not afraid of experimenting. We have made it clear from the beginning she needs to eat whats on the table or she has to go hungry. She is 12 now. I hope she remains that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537250501289775111.post-61621660410838976412010-04-13T17:43:13.982-04:002010-04-13T17:43:13.982-04:00My daughter pretty much eats everything that we adults eat and is not afraid of experimenting. We have made it clear from the beginning she needs to eat whats on the table or she has to go hungry. She is 12 now. I hope she remains that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537250501289775111.post-72009502450038618052008-12-06T21:36:00.000-05:002008-12-06T21:36:00.000-05:00I see lots of kids in the USA whose "food choices become conservative" and will eat only a few things. I suspect this does not happen in poorer countries, where kids must eat what's given to them or go hungry. So this problem is likely social, not biological, born of living in a wealthy nation. It makes me wonder what would happen if US parents would simply take the same approach and NOT substitute foods at meals based on the whims of children. Eventually, they'll eat, and the "conservative" attitude goes away. Just a hunch. We did this with our kids and they eat anything now. (But I realize that's a mathematical sample size of 1.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com