Which she voluntarily bought. I can't imagine kowtowing to a toddler in my grocery buying, or anything else, for that matter. And I've lived through four of them.
It’s a disorder. I have a friend who had it. Not quite this severe, but pretty close. Something happened when she was around 3 and suddenly she stopped eating almost all foods. I started expanding her diet at around 18.
Same here.
If my children had had their way as toddlers, they would have eaten nothing but chicken nuggets and fries all through childhood.
A night or two of going to bed hungry was the cure.
On the other hand, we never made mealtime a battle, the way I've seen some parents do. We figured the will to live being a pretty basic human instinct, they'd eat enough to meet their needs.
They're happy and healthy adults with no eating disorders.
Compassionate type, eh??
“I can’t imagine kowtowing to a toddler in my grocery buying, or anything else, for that matter. And I’ve lived through four of them”
Short of refusing to eat until the child is hospitalized I think parents will just them go ahead and eat their pizza slices or french fries or whatever the child is spoiling for. My sister-in-law put her oldest boy in the hospital three times when he was very young because he absolutely refused to eat unless it was what he wanted and they didn’t give in easily. They were at wits end with that child. Today as a 35 year old he eats nutritious meals and his children eat nutritious meals as well.
No mention of the dad in the article.