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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t agree that it’s for attention, or at least that’s not a common reason. The PP was generalizing her nephew’s situation to all picky kids. My now 17 year old was really picky for years, and now he’ll eat just about anything (except seafood). We decided not to make mealtime a power struggle; I wanted it to be a peaceful, enjoyable time. So we would make what we wanted to make and always had something on the side our DS would eat. We never made a big deal about it - kept it chill and relaxed. We tried to buy the healthiest version/ingredients of his preferred foods and eventually tried the “bridge” technique…he really loved nuggets so we bridged that into chicken cutlets, he liked pasta sauce and cheese so another bridge was chicken Parmesan, he loved hamburgers so we segued into meatloaf, etc. It took time and honestly some of it was just maturity, influence of peers, learning about healthy eating at school, etc.[/quote]
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