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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like your kids don’t eat any vegetables? Even if they eat healthy foods they still need vegetables. I’m a big believer in doing what works for your family and if this system works for you then that’s fine. My kid doesn’t like the same thing in tacos as I do not that doesn’t mean I want to make a separate meal. She can have the taco shell with some taco meat, Avacado and cheese….. I’m not forcing lettuce or salsa on her if she doesn’t like it. [/quote]

Do they though? I definitely put vegetables on my kids' plates but they barely touch them. They actually ate more vegetables when they were younger -- as toddlers/preschoolers there were a bunch of veggies, including raw bell peppers, carrots, green beans, and squash, as well as more savory fruits (avocado, corn). I thought that would only grow, with them adding greens, tomatoes, etc. But the reverse has happened -- they began resisting veggies once they started elementary, likely partly because so many of their peers do but I also think partly because they simply do not like the taste and texture, and now my kids are classic anti-vegetable kids. Every once in a while they'll get a taste for something and eat a full serving of veggies at dinner. But this is rare. Most days they pick at them and will do more than the perfunctory taste to satisfy us. They eat lots of fruit and the rest of their diet is varied. They grow well and seem healthy. We give them vitamins because I do worry about them getting insufficient nutrients with so few veggies. But... it doesn't seem to matter that much?

Kids not eating vegetables is such a typical thing, I think maybe we over estimate how much they *need* them. Not saying we'll stop serving them, because I think exposure is valuable. But I also hated vegetables as a kid and now I love them. Kids bodies are really efficient at extracting nutrients from their foods. I think it's probably possible for children to get everything they need without ever touching a vegetable, and it seems like a lot of kids actually take this route, given the response of so many kids to even very well-prepared vegetable dishes.[/quote]

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