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Kids During Thanksgiving (lemmy.world)

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[–] Zulu 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'd also think the fact that the new food isn't 'healthy' is also a double whammy.

Being forced to eat your spinnach sucks because its NOT fatty and delicious.

Eating new unhealthy food when you dont want to Sucks because it can mentally feel like you're poisoning yourself AND you don't want to.

Honestly the win is getting your kid to try new things. No problem if they really dont like it and they are eating healthily. Becoming an adult is being able to eat all food as sustenance and not just pleasure. They're a kid. No way they can understand that.

Instead focus on the lesson that trying new things can 'suck' and having a 'bad' outcome after trying something new is entirely acceptable (within bounds)