Status Updates From Picky: How American Childre...

"mikey likes it" omg my coworkers brought this up recently

this book is very interesting, and it's def picky eating from a sociological/historical lens. is it for parents of picky eaters to create a game plan for helping kids? no. and i still think she hasn't addressed the ARFID of it all.

ok now that we are getting into the class of it all. now we are getting somewhere

“these children aren’t picky” BC ITS A DIFFERENT TIME! food is trendy! i really need her to get away from this mindset.

hm. she’s really going to have to sell me. i feel like saying kids in other cultures “aren’t picky” like. yeah they are eating what is normal to THEM. if you present them w western food is it possible they will balk? i’m open to her hypothesis, but i want to see how she addresses cultural competence and the neurodivergence of it all

wow i’m really interested to see where this goes