Nope! And the best part is that #1 was breast fed for about two weeks (with supplementary formula the whole time), whereas #2 was breast fed for 17 months. They claim breast-fed kids are less likely to be picky eaters because they were exposed to more flavors in the milk, but that was absolutely not the case for us…

"…like parents have a lot of say in what their kids eat." Exactly. I'd like to see him try to get a toddler, or even an older kid, to eat something it absolutely does not want to eat. It's like the proverbial toothpaste-back-in-the-tube, only with the tube actively fighting you and trying to wriggle away. They like…

Yep. #1 loves eggs, too, and olives, and tuna fish, and…well, just about everything, whereas #2 hates those things.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I was scrolling up and the line, "I'll make you a hamburger better than McDonald's," jumped out at me, and I instantly knew I was in for the delight of the green-pepper-burger-ball on greasy bread.

Friday is Burger Night in our house. For almost seven years we've had burgers every Friday night (it started because my husband was commuting to another city for a few months, and would return home on Friday night; I needed something I could cook fresh and fast for him when he got home, but that the girls and I could…

Lol, I just read that article out loud to my husband and our youngest, who happens to be a 12-y-o girl who has seen The Wild Bunch. :-) (We also let her pick her own music/movies/etc., of course, but that line especially made us laugh.)

Wow. That's messed up. I feel bad for everyone involved.

But you have no idea what those parents fed their kids at home. Maybe it wasn't that they didn't "want their kids to explore other foods," maybe it was that they didn't want to pay $15 for something their kid might not like, when they could make it at home to try for a lot cheaper and buy the kid something they were…

Honestly?

Yep. I have two girls, raised the same way with the same foods and eating expectations. One will try anything and likes most of it, the other is superpicky. They're two different people, so why wouldn't their tastes be different?

Exactly. My kids very, very rarely got (or get) chicken nuggets or mac-n-cheese or hot dogs at home. That was/is a treat at a restaurant. None of their friends ate that stuff every day, either. This idea that all the parents are just throwing nuggets at their kids day in and day out is erroneous, in my experience

It explains nothing. Read the rest of the thread.

So he did a little work for a couple of Republicans at least a few years ago, but is now, in the more recent past and on this very day, strongly both anti-Republican and anti-Trump…yet his attitude in this article gets blamed on his being a "Republican."

Dumbass kid. I bet it doesn't get the nuances of Scandal, either, and wants to watch TV made for its brain and maturity level (both of which are, like its palate, less developed and mature than an adult's). Why does your family member suck so bad? Why isn't their kid just like you, who I assume was eating oysters with…

My oldest wasn't breast fed and would try (and likes) just about any food. My youngest was breast fed for 17 months and is the pickiest eater in the world, and specifically hates some things I ate tons of.

OMG is that a common Applebees thing? Not LIs to little kids, obvs, but when I was like 18+ I used to go to Applebees as often as possible specifically because I could always get served there with no questions. I always thought it was just I got lucky at that particular Applebees or two. Not the case?

My thing was always that I would make some modifications to dinner for my picky eater, but I wouldn't change it entirely. So, she could have plain pasta while the rest of us had pasta with tomato sauce, but she couldn't have chicken instead. She could have her pork shredded with a little butter instead of a medallion…

Exactly. As I say above, I have two girls. They were raised the same way, with the same food options and expectations. One will try (and usually likes) pretty much anything; the other won't try anything and hates most of things she tries (she's gotten more adventurous as she gets older, but her toddler years were…

No, you don't understand. People must be forced to eat the things Jeffrey Barker thinks are good and worthy, because he knows better. Don't give people what they want; they're too dumb to know what they like.