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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I doubt the first poster's child is as much of an outlier as you think. I suspect a lot of "picky eating" is actual food/texture aversion, and so people focus on the wrong aspect ("the child is being defiant," or "the child is being stubborn"), and the problem really isn't a battle of wills, but a need to help condition the child to new food textures/tastes. "

Sweet Jesus - I don't know that I've ever seen a more ridiculous statement in my life.  You think the kid who lives in a trailer has "texture aversion".  It is a privilege to refuse foods.  Only people who have too much of it do it.  Tell your child to eat it or not.  Do not, I repeat DO NOT indulge this nonsense and all your child to control your home. It is not fair to you, it is not fair to your family, it is not fair to your child. [/quote]

PP, it's actually based in science.

"But new research shows that picky eating does matter in ways that go beyond concerns around obesity or malnourishment. A study conducted by Duke University’s Center for Eating Disorders and published in the fall found that even moderately selective eaters were more likely to show symptoms of depression, social anxiety, or ADHD than those kids who weren’t picky eaters. Severely selective eaters were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression or social anxiety. Many adults with eating-related issues, meanwhile, reported being picky eaters as children..."

Picky eaters are born not made:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2016/02/24/are-picky-eaters-born-made/7mfRUVteAcMLrO2oTmTeJM/story.html[/quote]

Again, a disease of affluence. No picky eaters in Malawi.  Calm down.[/quote]

Well kids in Malawi will have a better shot if they can survive birth and avoid contracting HIV.  Depression, anxiety, ADHD are disorders of the brain just as complications in childbirth or HIV affect the body.  All of these things exist in every county just to different degrees.

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Sorry to say, ADHD is a also a form of affluenza. I taught in a school in Tanzania for 2 years  working at a NGO. There was not ONE single child, not ONE that did not pay attention and behave in class. They were so eager to learn, thry would hang onto my every word. Many of them walked miles (like 10+) to get to school. Our school served lunch, which was critical. The kids HAPPILY ate what was in front of them. Thr staple was a type of porridge made from flour and beans and a type of corn.

If your child is picky, then it's because of your parenting an the excessive options you give them. It's not your kid. It's you.

I have no idea why none of the kids had ADD or even behavior problems of any sort in Tanzania and then I come back to the US and we're got a quarter of the kids a hot mess. I do know for sure that kids and parents take school for granted here and don't treat it with the same amount of respect that people do when school is a privilege.  I suppose food is so abundant and given the choice of a daily buffet of chicken nuggets,  pizza, and hotdogs, they'll demand that instead.

The thought of a child in tanzania demanding cereal and ice cream for dinner, or really many ANY demands when it comes to food is laughable.

Zero fucks poster has their parenting game on point.[/quote]

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