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[quote=Anonymous]My 16 year old was very picky at 10, and now he eats just about everything but seafood (takes after me that way). Like you, I never really pushed the issue because he did really enjoy his favorite select foods and I wanted mealtime to be a peaceful, stress-free experience; I never wanted there to be a negative association.

So if he wanted nuggets and PB&J I toyed to buy the healthiest options with the least sugar. Then, I tried to create a bridge between things he liked and new foods — for example, he loved hamburgers so I had him try very plain meatloaf to start, or we segued from chicken nuggets to breaded cutlets to chicken Parmesan (since he also liked tomato sauce and cheese)...it was very gradual.

This coincided with him learning about nutrition in school and wanting to be healthy, which also got him to be a bit more open-minded — and as he got older and more mature, his palate just kind of evolved. But when he was 10 and only wanting “kid food” I never would’ve believed that he would be eating whatever I put on the table, for the most part.[/quote]

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