Try This: What Are Your Best Tips for Dealing With Picky Eaters?

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I have an 11 y/o dog who ears everything we eat except raw bell peppers and green olives. Kids do the same. If we eat it, and do not make any fuss about it, they will eat it too. One of our grandkids, at the age of 2, used to eat tomatoes and green olives by the pound until some of his parent's friends asked how they got him to eat them. It wasn't long until he stopped.
If you want your kids to eat green beans, eat green beans,put some on their plate and don't watch them.If they don't eat them wait a few days and put some more on their plate and eat yours. Again, don't pay any attention to what they eat.
I always gave parents three rules of eating for their kids. 1) no between meal snacks, 2) don't care if they eat or not 3) no food is available except what is on the table. They won't starve, and you will not have "picky eaters! Try it! You'll like it and so will they!!

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i wanna know who is keeping their ice cream in the fridge!

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At ages two and six years old I told my kids Bugs Bunny left veggies at the back door for them everyday for me to cook and they ate everything even spinach. Never had a problem getting them to eat healthy.

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My kids have two choices for every single meal: Eat it or don't.

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I was (and still am) a very picky eater. My baby book says I refused hot dogs at 2 (haven't eaten them since). Never ate a hamburger in my life. I hated the country cooking of my parents and grandparents. The only meat I ate until I was 14 was bacon. I ate peanut butter and raw veggies. The Dr told my mom I was eating better than they were. They sort of left me alone after that. Have been totally vegetarian for almost 20 yrs. Feel and look great...lol.

Just want to respond to some of the article and the comments (esp the DrPare: if the kid doesn't want to eat it, he won't. Sometimes it's a different sense of smell that leads to this.

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People make too big of an issue out of how to handle picky eaters. It really is this simple: Hunger is a great motivator.

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I love this : So does my Boyfriend , He never ate his veggies til his release from the clinic but, now he eats them all .

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Angiebaby, that's how I was brought up as well. You eat what mom (or dad) puts on the table, or you go hungry. And I'm in my early 30's. :)

Yes, hunger IS a great motivator. It did work for myself and my brother. Granted, when we were younger, we disliked certain foods. I gravitated towards raw vegetables rather than sweets, while my younger brother was the opposite. As we grew older, though, and as my parents were "foodies" and exposed us to different types of ethnic cuisines, tastes, and flavors when we were young, I guess we may have had a bit of an advantage. Fast food, like "McDonald's", was considered a treat in our household, and on very rare occasions. I still, very vividly, remember being disgusted over biting into a McD's nugget at the age of 10 or so, and handing the rest of my meal over to my Dad. Not to bash the company; that's not my intention. I just couldn't stomach the food anymore.:(

I am still, admittedly, a VERY picky eater. I go for quality and fresh foods, rather than drive up to the nearest fast-food joint for a fix.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is to expose your kids to new foods early in life. They may hate them initially, but young palates are much different from those of us who are older.

Things change, and one day, the food your young one deemed "yucky" may just become a favorite.

It worked that way for me. Thanks, Mom & Dad. :)

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As a mom of one son, who is approaching 30, I like to think my method works for new foods and picky foods.

He had to eat as many pieces as he was old. So when he was 4, 4 pieces, When he was 7, 7 pieces.

It worked for us. He knew I also ate what was on his plate and my son found many new foods he liked. I cook foods from different nationalities and he realized that they are good. After all mom cooked it and mom eats it.

He was never a going out to dinner and get a hot dog kid, but he would order from a real menu and real things, which surprised those dining with us. I finally found someone who would go out for sushi one night and breakfast at 3 AM the next.

When he was 8 we took a short cruise. We sat with some other couples and when my son started asking how the escargot was prepared I knew i had a winner, for life.

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What seems to be missing is that the "picky eaters"might be highly or somewhat allergic to the foods in question. That is why these do not taste good. The body is saying NO.
Having grown up in a family that said eat like the rest of us or starve, I starved, either by not eating or by getting the usual gastro-intestinal symptoms that made it all go out of the body.
So parents, you may be letting your arrogance or lack of knowledge be an instrument of deprivation, and yes, even torture for your children if you do not get them tested for food allergies.
I am very surprised that an article would be published without strongly first cautioning the readers that they and the author are parents, and not medical professionals. Do not
conduct malpractice on your children.

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My oldest is terrible with this. So much that going on a field trip is causing so much anxiety! We are going to have to pack food for the 2 days so he can eat!

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