Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those girls are crappy eaters. Bad mom parenting skills. If they are hungry, they will eat healthy food.

Clearly you don't have picky kids. Mine would go days or weeks without eating even if we gave them what they liked.

We ate healthy/regular food when the babies were in the oven. Lots of food from different continents and made sure it was spicy. When they popped out, continued the veggie/fruit healthy baby food. When they were toddlers we served them everything; broccoli, asparagus, chile, sardines, hamburgers, thai chicken, pizza, sweet potatoes, salmon, omelets, lentil soup, blah blah blah. They still eat most everything. It takes a little effort to plan, but worth it for their health. They didn't have a choice to be picky eaters. Wasn't going to happen on my watch.

YMMV. So did I but my kid is picky and fell off the growth curve. Doctor said just feed him what he will eat.

Anonymous wrote:Many kids turn into picky eaters when the go to elementary school. They see other kids eating crappy food and they want to do the same. The parents cave and start serving them processed food and lots of sweets. They are probably the same parents that bring Gatorade and Doritos for their five-year old’s after game snacks.

My kid was picky before elementary but the junk food she sees at school hasn’t helped. I don’t give in — she has asked me a million times to send in bag chips and cookies and processed junk like some of the other kids have, and I refuse. But it also doesn’t help her expand her eating, seeing that all the time. They also give them so much candy at school! She comes home with chocolate and lollipops all the time.

But despite feeding her healthy food and no junk, my kid is still picky. People do not understand how stressful it is as a parent. There are times when my kid is hungry but struggles to find anything she wants to eat. Restaurants and going to friends houses is hard, traveling to visit family is hard. Getting judged by people who are convinced my kids picky eating is my fault is also hard.

OP, you got what you wanted: to gossip about your sister’s parenting and to put down her kids. Are you happy now? What a way to spend New Year’s Eve, drumming up put-downs for your sister and her family and putting yourself in a good light. Cheers!

-Parent of two who have always been very good eaters, but who sees a lot of other great parents struggle with this