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I"m just throwing this out there because I constantly hear the advice about how your kids should "eat what you eat." But they don't want to! It does't taste good to them -- they have brand new taste buds, so strong flavors are too much for them,[b] plus kids naturally gravitate towards foods that are sweeter and simpler.[/b] I figure as they get older they will naturally become more interested in more adult flavors and start to eat more of our foods.

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 Of course they do.  But for me, I felt it was important to introduce my kids to different types of sweetness.  There is pasta sweet, cake sweet, tomato sweet, watermelon sweet.  It's also important to realize that not all food tastes sweet.  There's nothing wrong with simply prepared food--grilled/baked chicken + steamed vegetables = simple.  I disagree with you that as they get older they naturally become more interested in adult flavors.  Why should they change their eating habits as they become older if it's been working for them so far.[/quote]

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