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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the answer to your question is that it doesn't matter which tortillas you choose for your kid (more whole foods vs. more protein), unless they are eating them twice a day every day.

Like all food-related questions, yours boils down 1) how much does it matter and 2) what's the alternative/tradeoff.

For example: my teens are pretty inflexible about breakfast. Before school, they are willing to eat either (1) a bowl of cereal or (2) a smoothie with milk, greek yogurt, fruit, and protein powder.

I steer them toward the smoothie because I think getting some fruit and protein in them early in the morning is valuable and sets them up better for the day. (As many of you know, a balanced lunch is a crapshoot for high schoolers.) Then they eat a wide variety of meat, nuts, grains, beans, and vegetables for snacks and dinner.

But if my kid would eat a breakfast burrito? Or dinner leftovers with meat and vegetables? That would be better! As with all things parenting, the perfect is enemy of the good enough. [/quote]

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