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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What helped most in our house was enlisting their help with meal planning and cooking/prep.

If they had a hand in it, they were far more likely to try it. And agree that repeated exposure helped. We do insist that you have to try something before you can say you don’t like it. And trying a raw carrot does not count as having tried roasted ones, for example.[/quote]

+1.  And if they happen to be helping prep vegetables and see you sneak a sample of food, then they'll copy and sneak a sample of food.  So, I remember having the kids washing carrots in the collender (essentially playing in the water in the sink) while I would then cut and prep them on the cutting board next to them.  Then I would cut a piece of carrot and take a bite.  My kids then asked to have a bite, too.  Then at the table, you say "Johnny helped me make the carrots, aren't they good?" and they'll be more likely to taste a bite of the finished product that they already ate while prepping.[/quote]

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