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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know, am I really outdated? I teach ny kid to take a spoonful of everything that’s being passed around and take a bite of each of those spoonfuls on his plate? [/quote]

Yes, this is outdated advice on how to help kids have a healthy relationship with food. [/quote]

Though I bet her kids eat a lot more variety because of it. [/quote]

This is the sort of thing that someone who has never had a true picky eater says.[/quote]

Quoted PP and I don’t know your criteria for “true” picky eating, but one of my kids literally gags on food he doesn’t like. Which is nearly everything except dairy, pasta, pizza, and one or two fruits. Does that count? I don’t force him to try stuff but I heavily encourage it and over time I have seen him improve a lot. If I thought I could implement a rule that he try one bite of everything, I would - but we’ve had enough power struggles that its not worth it. I have observed however that he is far more willing to try new foods, and far more willing to let himself like them, when in company. Especially with food passed at table and everyone saying “ooh that looks good.” So he watches his cousin devour lots of Chinese food and he’s willing to try a dumpling. Whereas at home he isn’t. It’s not the same effect at a buffet meal where he doesn’t see cousin taking the food put in front of her. He tried no new foods at all at the thanksgiving buffet for example.[/quote]

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