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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did not at that age. We started eating together when DC was 5.

I always disliked the "eat as a family" emphasis. Neither the timing nor the menu worked for us.  It's not like you can never start, later, when it does make sense.[/quote]

Can you explain what you mean by the menu didn't work?  [/quote]

DP. I don’t believe in forcing kids to eat foods they don’t like or threatening they will go hungry. [/quote]

NP. So if your kids don’t like vegetables, they never have to eat them? [/quote]

No I do force vegetables. But I don’t force any smelly, saucy, or exotic foods. [/quote]

I have a child with a food texture processing disorder. Totally normal kid in every way until it comes to putting things in his mouth. He can eat about 5 different foods and is 10 years old. I want to get him into therapy (most eating therapy places don't take kids under 10), but multiple psychologists advised me over the past 8 years or so (he was diagnosed at 2) that you should DEFINITELY NOT FORCE kids to eat foods because it will make the problem worse. Maybe for normal picky eaters or normal eaters who just don't like vegetables, it works. But for some kids it's a very very bad idea.[/quote]

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