Why your kids won't eat anything, and why it doesn't matter.
My kids are worse eaters than yours. That's something we can disagree on right away — because I know that right now you're saying, "My kids won't eat anything. I'm serious. Nothing."
This statement always gets my attention. I've never seen a child who won't eat anything. Okay, you admit, your children do eat a couple of things. But only plain pasta . . . nothing green . . . only hot dogs . . . nothing that touches anything else . . . nothing "hot and mixed," as my nephews used to say (referring to lasagna).
I've seen it all. I know a girl who won't touch bread except as a handle for meat; after eating the meat, she throws the bread away. The brother of a friend wouldn't eat anything red, including cherry Life Savers. The child of another friend even refused ice cream. "Too cold," he said.
