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Originally Posted by cercis
I've been re-reading it too.
I just got to the article about picky eating and, of course, it irritated the hell out of me. My mom made me eat those peas every night of my life and now I can't even stand the smell of peas. If I smell them, I need to throw up. I can't even eat at "The Black-eyed Pea" because just the name makes me so nauseated.
I do like her math figures. And I suspect that she doesn't have kids with texture issues or she would change her mind on the "picky" eating. If the mere touch of a food makes a child gag, then it isn't something they are doing on purpose (I say this as a "picky" adult).
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Hi Cercis I agree with you on the texture issues that cause projectile vomiting is best avoided if possible.
In my family both adults and children were picky eaters too! Today my son and his wife won’t eat onions or fish still. I eat very different from them as I like exotic fruits that I grow, and lentils and beans along seafood, very spicy foods from many different parts of the world that they will not eat at all.
War and Peas Vol 3 (p792 CTG)
Theme - food –‘overcoming picky eating’
TG – Quote – ‘Picky eating often results from one or all of these parental mistakes.’
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1. The child has not been given enough limits. He dictates what is bought and when and how it served.
2. The child ‘s eating has become the entire focus of the meal.
3. One or both parents are picky eaters. (In my son’s case it was his grandfather that was the picky eater as he was raised in a four generations household.)
My thought on picky eaters.
Another problem, I see is ‘brand loyalty’ when you have to buy that ‘brand’ or two different brands for different members in the household. I see this is OK only if that person in question has a special diet issue.
I do think, 2 or 3 small to medium mouthful depending on age rule, unless the child has food intolerance to it, is the best method to try first. Another method would be to disguise the food in the dish by blending/ puree or any other method you can think of. Some foods are required taste and need to be induced very slowly.
My own required taste of unusual foods came from my mother’s father. As small child, my grandparents would put the food in a small bowl that had my favourite picture of old world horse and cart on it, if I wanted to see the picture then I had to eat the food on top of it. funny what you remember after fifty years.
