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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article from the Post today is really interesting: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/11/04/the-stark-difference-between-what-poor-babies-and-rich-babies-eat/

[b]Be careful what you feed your babies when they are young because it may dictate their preferences later in life. [/b]

IMO some kids are picky because of texture or other physiological issues, but those are rare.  ALmost all issues of picky eaters are cultural.  I have two kids and one is somewhat picky.  I take responsibility for that.  For a while when he was younger we didn't handle it well and indulged him.  That said, he does eat plenty of food that is not on the typical "kid friendly" list - because it's been given to him repeatedly since he was tiny- that's why he loves tofu, broccoli and spicy food.

People whose kids will only eat mac and cheese, chicken nuggets and the like have only themselves to blame.[/quote]

I've got what I consider a picky eater, because he's very discriminating in what he eats.  But when he was an infant, he'd eat all kinds of stuff he won't eat now at 7 year old -- fresh avocado, fresh oranges, even spaghetti, which he just will NOT eat.  But my husband and I come from two different cultures and he's been exposed to a very wide variety of foods.  He will eat grilled octopus (and I'm not talking calamari, I mean the real huge nasty looking octopus) and pick off meat from fish heads in a heart beat, but won't eat a turkey sandwich.   I don't know why his tastes shut down around age 2.  I can't see any pattern in what he doesn't like.   But it wasn't for lack of early exposure or lack of trying.  [/quote]

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