any crud munchin lacto-rosco-pico-ovo-vulcan's in the house?

[Jack]

Many years ago, worked with a woman who was complaining about her husband wanting to force their daughter to eat broccoli. He had read somewhere that if a child if forced to eat something every day for a week, then after that they wont mind it and will eat it without complaint, and he wanted her to serve broccoli with dinner for a week. Asked her if there's anything he doesn't like. She said no, he'll eat anything. Then she said, oh, he hates liver. Told her to tell him she would be serving liver and broccoli for a week. It was the end of that crap at her house too.

["couldbecousin"]

Yes, parents quite frequently force their diets on their kids, never realising that while an adult might want to cut down on something or the other, a child very frequently shouldn't.

When it comes to actual force, it's probably more common to find old school clean plate clubbers who make them eat things they find repulsive or continue eating when they say they're full. Can't view a relaxed family gathering over healthy food to be forcing anything, regardless of what's served.

  My parents were of that school.  I choked down oatmeal on cold mornings, I forced myself to finish dinner
   portions that were more than I needed or wanted.  My parents made it an issue of obedience and respect. 

Husband tried to impose that crap once when the kids were small. Told him no one ever did that to me, and I'd be resentful if someone forced me to eat something I find disgusting. He said his parents did it to him. Asked how he feels when thinking back on it as an adult. He said, kind of bitter. That was the end of that.

  Good for you.  Funny how "normal" that kind of power play seemed when I was a child.  Like it was
  just what parents DO.  Some parents really bear down hard and behave like assholes around that subject. 

[Jack]

  Good for you.  Funny how "normal" that kind of power play seemed when I was a child.  Like it was
  just what parents DO.  Some parents really bear down hard and behave like assholes around that subject. 

It may still be fairly common. Have witnessed it in other households, and even when having guests in our home. Meals should be calm and relaxing, and it's really annoying when people make it upsetting or awkward.

[Pyraxis]

Many years ago, worked with a woman who was complaining about her husband wanting to force their daughter to eat broccoli. He had read somewhere that if a child if forced to eat something every day for a week, then after that they wont mind it and will eat it without complaint, and he wanted her to serve broccoli with dinner for a week. Asked her if there's anything he doesn't like. She said no, he'll eat anything. Then she said, oh, he hates liver. Told her to tell him she would be serving liver and broccoli for a week. It was the end of that crap at her house too.

 

I always hated the "children starving in Africa" line. I would be absolutely delighted to send them my leftovers. Could we?

[Fun With Matches]

When I was a kid, at one point all I ate was garlic bread and cornflakes.

[Pyraxis]

For me it was peanut butter sandwiches and spaghetti. Because they were orange. 

[Fun With Matches]

They look more of a beige colour to me. I love peanut butter. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups...yummy.

[Jack]

Had a lot of stomach problems in childhood, so adults were probably satisfied with anything I kept down. The youngest was a picky eater as a toddler. Read that families who sit together and eat are less likely to have picky eaters. Realized with the kitchen table being bar height, he was in fact visually separated from our dining while seated in a highchair. Husband built a booster seat, and moving him to sit at the table with the rest of us made a big difference.

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Read that families who sit together and eat are less likely to have picky eaters.

That didn't work in my case.

[Jack]

Read that families who sit together and eat are less likely to have picky eaters.

That didn't work in my case.

There's other things that help too, offering a wide variety of foods and not making meals a battle of will included. Though it makes sense for picky eating to be more common among autistics, as many may have texture or digestive issues.

[Fun With Matches]

I used to *hate* the smell of rice, oven chips and eggs. I still hate the smell of fish and curry.

[Jack]

I used to *hate* the smell of rice, oven chips and eggs. I still hate the smell of fish and curry.

Wouldn't touch rice until around age twelve, and didn't eat eggs from teen years until early thirties. Over the past couple of years, seafood of any type is losing its appeal. The seafood thing is particularly odd.

[Jack]

Also stopped drinking milk at some point over the last few years; not sure exactly when or why that happened. It's not terrible; just never want it, except maybe once or twice per year.

[odeon]

Can't stand milk or eggs.

[renaeden]

^Do you like yogurt?

I have milk to help soothe my indigestion sometimes.