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[quote=Anonymous]I have two kids - a 13 year old who eats wonderfully and a 10 year old who is still very picky.

She's not one of those kids who only eats 10 things. She'll eat almost all breakfast food, most fruits, and does okay at lunch time, though not great. The real problem is dinner. She doesn't like things that most people eat for dinner. If it were up to her, she would eat mac &cheese, buttered noodles, or chicken nuggets for dinner every night. She will tolerate hamburgers or pizza. When she can't have those things, she just picks at her dinner, eats a few "no thank you bites", some bread, a glass of milk and is fine until breakfast the next day. I admit we have enabled this out of exhaustion/laziness. We've kind of tried not to make a big deal out of it hoping she'd grow out of it. Each year she does start eating a few new things. Like this year for instance she added shrimp (plain only) and smoked salmon (lox) with her bagel.

But I still have the worry of - is she going to go to college eating like this? Can anyone offer advice or encouragement for older kids? I feel like a lot of the books are for younger kids and we've kind of missed that boat.

Thanks. [/quote]

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