This series has been about feeding children. It has also, the entire time, been about you. Whatever you believe about food right now, you learned it somewhere, and most of it was installed before you could consent to any of it.
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Have you ever tasted a pouch of baby food vegetables? They’re awful. So why do we hand them to a fussy small person and act surprised when they balk? Kids don’t reject real food. They reject bad versions of it.
We spent a generation telling kids to eat their vegetables first. Turns out they were never the main event. The part actually building a growing body is the protein, and here’s the good news: it’s the one thing kids already want to eat.
Dessert isn’t the reward for eating dinner. The moment it becomes the prize, real food becomes the chore. Here’s what that trade quietly teaches, and how to hand it back.
The story most parents are handed is this: children are picky. Just accept it and buckle up for the battle. That story is wrong. Understanding why puts you in a very different position at the table.