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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former, picky eater here- heavy handed tactics don't work. It's the smell, texture, flavor of veggies or certain foods-- some kids can't abide it, and react more strongly. At twelve, I would sit and starve before eating a cooked carrot. 
Sensory issues and inflexibility will calm down when they are adults as long as it's not linked to a lot of bad memories of being told to "clean their plate" or going hungry because the smell of cooked broccoli is overwhelming.  
Introducing food to try without pressure or embarrassment works great. I was around twelve when I realized that food could be mixed up in a burrito and taste great- it was a no pressure family dinner at a Mexican restaurant. No one cared whether I ate my burrito or not. 
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Former picky eater here too.  I will always be grateful to my mom for accommodating my bizarre eating habits.  As a young woman, I started eating all kinds of things.  Now I eat Mexican, Thai, sushi, you name it.  When I was  young the flavors of many foods were overwhelming and nauseating.  How would anyone like to be forced to eat something they felt was gross?

I will never forget my dad getting tired of my pickiness and forcing me to eat fettucini alfredo.  I barfed in my mouth.  As I was getting ready to barf he told me that if I barfed he would punish me.  I don't remember what kind of punishment.... I swallowed my vomit.

Yeah, I will NEVER forgive or forget that moment.  Overall he was a good dad but this permanently left a black mark in my book.  I would never do that to my kid.  I have two, one is fussy, one is not.  I will feed the fussy one bland foods until she's ready for more.

My ex husband is always giving the fussy kid crap about what she eats and she deeply resents him for it.  Even the pediatrician has told him to cut it out.  He won't listen.[/quote]

No one is saying that the kid should be forced to eat anything. Just that his fussiness should not be accommodated beyond the bare minimum- he can make his own food if he doesn't like what's being served. [/quote]

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