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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am picky, but not nearly as picky as I was as a kid.

I dont really think its that big a deal. In most of the world, people eat a limited menu and often the same thing daily. Yet, here in the US (and primarily in the wealthy DC area), we insist a child should like every vegetable, fruit, grain, protein, etc. Why? Why do I need to like quinoa when I can eat rice? I like rice. I dont complain about it, yet if I refuse to eat bulgar, quinoa, or farro, suddenly I am a "picky eater". Its really insane.[/quote]

There's this.  My husband is kind of obsessed with making our kid an adventurous eater.  I don't care if she is or not--I care that she will eat enough different foods that (1) she has no trouble eating a balanced diet and (2) can find something on pretty much every restaurant menu or dinner party that she will like.  I don't like every single food--in fact, there are lots of foods I don't like--so I don't see why my kid should be any different.  To me, picky eating means that a child eats a very limited diet, like only rice and chicken, or won't eat entire categories of food (won't eat any vegetables, for example).  A kid who does't like broccoli and farro but will eat green peas and oatmeal is not, in my opinion, an especially picky eater.

I had strong food aversions as a child--mostly to do with texture, but not entirely.  I would vomit or go hungry rather than eat something I didn't like.  My mom didn't cater to it, particularly (definitely no short-order cooking!), but she also never forced me to eat anything I didn't like (our rule was, you could fill up on whatever was on the dinner table).  I ate a balanced and healthy diet, even if some individual meals consisted entirely of bread and butter or carrot sticks.  Eventually, I came to like some of the foods I didn't like as a kid, but some foods I just think I will never like, and that's okay.  [/quote]

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