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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think "picky eaters" is a rich white child problem.  I bet poor children whose folks use food stamps eat whateve is put on the table and are bloody grateful for any food.  [/quote]

My mom was a single parent, and my father racked up over $30k in arrears for child support.  We had a garden, my grandparents had a garden, my grandparents brought over a few bags of food per week, and we had some food stamps, even though my mother had a full time minimum wage job.

I was a picky eater as a child, as was my sister.  My sister didn’t know she had food allergies until she was a adult, and she found that the vast majority of the foods she had refused were allergens.  In my case, specialists and I realized that I am sensitive to some foods and others set off reactions if there’s an environmental trigger.

I’ve also worked with kids who grew up with food insecurity.  These are children who never knew what they would have available for the next meal or even if there would be any food available.  Yes, some kids learn to bolt any offered food without tasting it and never revise anything.  However, others react by controlling anything they can, sometimes refusing the only food or drink available.  There are also issues with children who have learned (the hard way) to reject any rich food, because they know that those foods have made them vomit before (when their body is close to or in starvation mode), and they’re not mature/experienced enough to understand that they can be safe if they’ve been eating regularly.[/quote]

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