re: “My child isn’t picky. His brain just won’t let him try new foods”

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I saw this posted by a lady on Facebook just now. Any thoughts? Lol

I think it’s just more pussification of America at work. We have to come up with medical reasons to justify our children being spoiled in order to try to show that it’s not really our fault.

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Agreed. There are lots of ways to deal with this, but "my kid's brain" is just lazy.

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As someone who was diagnosed with a medical disorder when I was a kid back in the 90s, something that still impacts me today, even if marginally, and yes picky eating is one of the causes, this is a really stupid post.

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I think these days, most people who have read up on picky eating understand the ties to autism and understand that ARFID exists. There will always be special cases where it's not just "grow up, stop being picky".

It's just that the % of kids with these issues is far less than the entirety of picky eaters. So people get annoyed at parents who do nothing to help their kids and set them up for later in life.

Honestly, if it's that bad, shouldn't the child be in therapy specifically designed for people with these issues to at least help them along? It is considered an eating disorder once you're at that point.

For those that are not diagnosed with a medical disorder that causes picky eating or where it's not so extreme they'd legitimately just starve, I do kinda wonder about parents that let it be with little effort to help it change because food and eating is something that is strongly entrenched in our lives as adults. Business dinners/meetings, holiday parties, date nights/romantic relationships, etc.

All kids are picky about certain things to a degree. That is normal. I'm specifically referring to those who won't eat anything besides 5 junk foods and don't seem to be growing out of it.

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I think it’s just more pussification of America at work.

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Agreed.

When I was a child I ate what my parents gave me. If I didnt like supper, I would have it for breakfast or lunch. Eventually you will eat it.

Hunger is a great motivator. Luckily my mother was a great cook and there rarely was something I didnt like (like brussel sprouts, they taste like mud). She has been gone for 18 years and I really wish I could have another of her meals.

My parents don't describe me as a picky child, but I recall many nights stuck at the dinner table. I was just weirdly not food motivated at all. I was full within a couple of bites.

I had foods I didn't like, but it wasn't widespread enough for me parents to consider me picky. I was mostly weird about meats (they overcooked everything), potatoes, and mac and cheese. Only kid on earth who hated french fries and mac and cheese.

I actually got "prescribed" (told by doctor to take) Ensure every morning alongside my breakfast because of how small I was. Funny enough, I'm a huge food lover now as an adult, but I'm still just barely at 100lbs.

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Only kid on earth who hated french fries and mac and cheese.

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Lol i remember a babysitter making me sit at the table until my parents got home because i wouldn’t eat Mac and Cheese. Weirdly i love it now.

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