Respecting the Feeding Preferences of a Child
Each child is different and has different tastes. It is important we respect the fact that a child might not necessarily fancy a certain type of food, but the child should not be allowed to leave out a whole food group from his or her diet. For example, if a child does not like milk, you can give him or her yogurt, custard or cheese instead; if a child does not like lettuce, you can give him or her spinach etc. The most important thin
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g is to substitute one food for another that has the same nutritional characteristics.
Children become used, beginning from a young age, to incline towards sweets. Kids actually like sugar excessively. Sometimes the ones to blame are the adults, because they often times add a little bit of sugar to the first juice or mashed fruit that is given to a child so they enjoy it more. This is exactly how a child starts to like sugar and ends up becoming a fan of sweet foods. And this is exactly what we should avoid.
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