Modern parents weigh in on how to manage picky eaters : 'You don't have to eat it all, but you have to try'

You've heard of the terrible twos, but have you gotten to the terrible threes yet? Honestly, things don't suddenly ease up at four or five, either. At these ages, kids can devour broccoli and yet suddenly declare their all-time favorite fruit the enemy. It happened to me as a kid with potatoes, and I didn't let up until high school.

One mom has managed to raise a remarkably good eater, but the kid has one very specific dealbreaker when it comes to food: she refuses to eat anything that even remotely resembles soup. That means no broth, no chili, no stew, and pretty much nothing that is floating in a liquid. Normally, this isn't a huge deal; Mom just doesn't make soup. But sometimes life happens, family cooks, relatives invite you over, and suddenly your child is refusing to eat in front of a whole crowd. So, now Mom is torn: should she stick to the rule that dinner is dinner and there are no alternate options? Or should she allow a soup-specific exception to preserve the peace? Her husband worries that if they concede now, it will only open the picky-eater floodgates. But Mom's not convinced; after all, don't even the most well-adjusted adults have one or two foods they refuse to touch?

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I've seen a TikTok reel of a mom giving out pretty good advice. She found that the best way to convince her kid to try a new food is to pretend that she only made the food for herself. Then her kid instantly wants to try it and eat it all!
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