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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think it’s cultural[/b]. My husband and I come from different cultures, both without kids menus or special kids meals. Our kids eat everything and have since they were babies. Seafood, liver, kale, mushrooms, spicy food — they eat everything and will try anything. The key for us was 1) always serve a variety so they don’t get used to any one thing in those “picky” phases and 2) don’t give in to demands. When our oldest was one they would wail for pancakes sometimes. Nope. You eat what everyone eats. Eventually when they learned that after a week or so it never happened again. We also always served vegetables first and limited snacks.[/quote]

Everywhere I’ve been, all over the globe, has “kid foods.” Japan, India, Germany, Colombia, Peru. Never have I seen anywhere a culture that doesn’t include a regular reliance on “kid friendly” options separate from more intense and spicy adult foods. Those foods might look a little different than our American stand-bys, but of course they exist. Everywhere. [/quote]

Right, as an option. I guarantee that there is no law requiring people under a certain age eat "kid foods."

Nobody is saying that there is a culture with no kids that want less spicy options. And as people have been saying from the first replies in this thread, it's fine to use those. But why assert that that is ALL KIDS? Just make the right choices for your circumstances and keep your eyes on your own plates. [/quote]

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