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But neither wants to eat them.

Respectfully, if neither of your children have a vegetable* dish they will eat as a snack you haven’t exposed them to a wide enough array of vegetables and vegetables preparation methods.

Don’t be afraid to add salt, roast instead of boil, or just experiment with things you haven’t tried.

(*: And “vegetable” here is strictly in a culinary context, excluding grains and near-grains like potatoes and including savory sead-bearing plant-parts like cucumbers. But if they don’t even like a form of potato or a grain, you may have a eating disorder on your hand…)

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edgesmash@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Hey man, I honestly appreciate your insight and ideas. You’re spot on for what to do for how to cook and prepare veggies for kids (and adults too). My parents raised me on the most bland American cuisine imagination (they rarely even added salt), but when I left home, I discovered the greater world of veggie preparation.

But, with all due respect, you haven’t met my kids. My partner and I are not perfect parents, but we’ve tried many different ways to prepare and serve veggies, including salted, roasted, sautéd with oil and seasoning, boiled, raw with/without dip/sauce… It doesn’t help that my partner is nearly as picky as my kids (to be fair, I can be quite picky with respect to texture). But, at least we’re making sure they understand that a balanced diet is vital to health. And, hey, both of my kids are healthy and in the lower percentile for height-weight ratio, so we haven’t failed them yet.

Regarding my original downvoted comment, it was just an old Gen x dude trying to make a dumb old joke.

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- DomeGuy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I’m glad you took it in the spirit it was intended. (Slightly chiding, but well-meaning.)
  
  I think it can be really hard to not pass on our bad habits to our kids. Mine have a room just as messy as mine ever was, and they’re at least as bad at doing their homework as I ever was.
  
  Good job so far!
  
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  - edgesmash@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’m glad you shared! Life is hard, parenting is doubly hard, and we’re all just trying to make it through and do at least a little better than our parents did.
    
    I’m just glad my kids didn’t inherit my messy room… I had literal layers of stuff on the floor, like it was some sort of strata. I can’t believe my parents let me get away with it. That said, I knew where everything was.
    
    Anyway, good job to you as well!
    
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