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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not your kid, not your problem.  Feed them staples you know they will eat.  It is normal and not worth the power struggle.  Let the parents experiment with new foods.[/quote]

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If Mom doesn't care, I'm not going to bother.[/quote]

And that's another example of the difference between a nanny - who takes the care and development of her charges seriously - and a sitter, who just takes the easy route. If MB doesn't care that her kid watches 6 hours of TV every day, do you go along with that as well, even though you know it's not good for them? If MB does't think that her infant's failure to gain weight is a problem, do you just drop it or do you persist because you know there is something wrong?

Developing healthy eating habits is ESSENTIAL at this age - my parents didn't introduce my brother or myself to healthy foods when we were young, and he is now in his 20s and still doesn't eat anything beyond pizza, pb&j, and candy... so I know of what I speak. I myself wouldn't even try mexican food (hardly a healthy choice) until I was 23, sushi not until I was 28. These are formative years for children to not only discover how many foods they like, but that trying a new food is not painful or uncomfortable, so as to give them the courage to continue trying new foods as they get older. I dare you to look at the health of the majority of our citizens and then argue this isn't critically important for a child's healthy development. [/quote]

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