Family & Food
In a workshop at our recent Waldorf Education Day, we were discussing healthy eating together as a family. Someone made an excellent point that when it comes to family food, parents should choose what and when and the kids can choose how much. So if they choose not to eat what they are presented, then they learn that they will be hungry. It's as simple as that. What are your thoughts?
"As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it." - Buddy Hackett
posted by WendyZ @ 10:58 PM
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I think this is ok to a certain extent, I don't endorse cooking an entire second meal for a picky eater, BUT If i knew my child didn't like something I was serving, I would make sure there was something on the table she did like. This is because kids have a very sensitive sense of taste and I remember hating plenty of foods as a kid that I would certainly have rather gone hungry than ate. Then you just have a cranky hungry kid, probably not the best situation. Luckily for us, Linnaea is so far a very unpicky eater, but knowing how picky Tom and I both were I don't count on that lasting.
Aimee, I agree with it in moderation. I've always been taught or read that it takes at least 10 times (more depending on the source of the info) of offering a food before a child might accept it. I'm the same way as you... there's pretty much always something Enid will eat offered, but she's also not picky about much and eats most everything we do. As long as she goes beyond the kid food groups of potato, chicken nuggets, and cheese, we'll be good. haha
About sensitive tastes... I learned recently that the reason some people don't like broccoli might be due to their taste buds. Some people receive the taste information as very bitter. Interesting stuff.
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