Media and society tell you it’s bad. Just feed your kids everything in an unbiased way to see what they like. Grandparents, friends and other people will say things and it will bias them.
My 4 yr old refused to try lettuce and by extension spinach. Had a bite of my spinach and ricotta pastry roll one day. Now demands them at the bakery. Also will try anything if I say it has spinach in it.
Also stole some of my ceasar salad I had on the bench for lunch, now loves (home made only) ceasar salad. Won’t eat a bowl, but I make a double batch as she’ll sit there and demand constant forkfulls of my bowl.
That’s fair. It’s also very important to listen to your kids when they tell you they don’t like something. Broccoli literally smells and tastes like human waste to me - even if it’s hiding in something. That’s clearly not bias.
I also don’t like it. Do you like cauliflower? I have a theory that many people either love broccoli or cauliflower , only some like both. Just like cats and dogs. I only like to eat cauliflower and cats.
This is arguable. Lots of kids will reflexively tell you they don’t like something they don’t want to try, and it often takes several tries for them to develop a taste for something and they suddenly love it. A better option is to ask them to eat one bite of something less favorable in order to access several bites of something more favorable. Whatever broccoli trauma you have is highly atypical, I’m sorry you’re dealing with that. I hide broccoli everywhere
There is no actual rule about this. In my experience children are liable to one day decide that they no longer like a thing that they used to enjoy eating all the time.
Wtf am I supposed to do with all these string cheese stickes now? I literally buy them in bulk and she suddenly decides she doesnt like them anymore right after I restocked!
The other one has also declared that balony is gross, after enjoying a balony sandwich for breakfast several times a week for over a year. But thats fine I guess, balony isnt healthy and it is indeed kind gross, but also I still like it and will eat what he doesnt. The problem is that he instead wants avocado toast for breakfast. Hes only 7 and already ruining his chances of ever owning a house.
It’s probably better not to assume they’re just making it up though. Children have more sensitivity to bitterness etc. because they are more vulnerable to dying from poison, it’s not just an arbitrary psychological thing.
At the same time though- ask kids about why they don’t like it. I was in my 30s before I realized bananas don’t burn everyone’s mouth. I literally thought burning and itching was part of the flavor profile and most people just like it…? Or like bananas enough to not mind that?
Not saying that at all, just saying the overwhelming majority of children are not having that reaction, and taking “I don’t like it” at face value every time is not going to be productive in developing healthy eating habits
Media and society tell you it’s bad. Just feed your kids everything in an unbiased way to see what they like. Grandparents, friends and other people will say things and it will bias them.
My 4 yr old refused to try lettuce and by extension spinach. Had a bite of my spinach and ricotta pastry roll one day. Now demands them at the bakery. Also will try anything if I say it has spinach in it.
Also stole some of my ceasar salad I had on the bench for lunch, now loves (home made only) ceasar salad. Won’t eat a bowl, but I make a double batch as she’ll sit there and demand constant forkfulls of my bowl.
That’s fair. It’s also very important to listen to your kids when they tell you they don’t like something. Broccoli literally smells and tastes like human waste to me - even if it’s hiding in something. That’s clearly not bias.
I also don’t like it. Do you like cauliflower? I have a theory that many people either love broccoli or cauliflower , only some like both. Just like cats and dogs. I only like to eat cauliflower and cats.
Nope, cauliflower is like solid farts.
Please don’t eat cats.
I am insulted!
This is arguable. Lots of kids will reflexively tell you they don’t like something they don’t want to try, and it often takes several tries for them to develop a taste for something and they suddenly love it. A better option is to ask them to eat one bite of something less favorable in order to access several bites of something more favorable. Whatever broccoli trauma you have is highly atypical, I’m sorry you’re dealing with that. I hide broccoli everywhere
There is no actual rule about this. In my experience children are liable to one day decide that they no longer like a thing that they used to enjoy eating all the time.
Wtf am I supposed to do with all these string cheese stickes now? I literally buy them in bulk and she suddenly decides she doesnt like them anymore right after I restocked!
The other one has also declared that balony is gross, after enjoying a balony sandwich for breakfast several times a week for over a year. But thats fine I guess, balony isnt healthy and it is indeed kind gross, but also I still like it and will eat what he doesnt. The problem is that he instead wants avocado toast for breakfast. Hes only 7 and already ruining his chances of ever owning a house.
It’s probably better not to assume they’re just making it up though. Children have more sensitivity to bitterness etc. because they are more vulnerable to dying from poison, it’s not just an arbitrary psychological thing.
At the same time though- ask kids about why they don’t like it. I was in my 30s before I realized bananas don’t burn everyone’s mouth. I literally thought burning and itching was part of the flavor profile and most people just like it…? Or like bananas enough to not mind that?
Yet another person who doesn’t believe me when I say that I have a physical reaction to broccoli.
Edit: and even more with the downvotes. Honestly, what is y’all’s problem? What is so difficult to believe about a simple factual statement?
Not saying that at all, just saying the overwhelming majority of children are not having that reaction, and taking “I don’t like it” at face value every time is not going to be productive in developing healthy eating habits
And then you assumed I had “broccoli trauma.”
You really make it sound like you do
Yeah, especially by how I can taste it before I know it’s in there. Gee.