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<blockquote data-quote="1 Day At a Time" data-source="post: 354093" data-attributes="member: 3704"><p>Trinity,</p><p></p><p>You really do give me hope for difficult child. Like your grandmother, I gave up the food battle long ago. There are still times when he goes way too long without eating because nothing is "right". This is definitely abnormal for an adolescent male, and his lanky, skinny frame shows it.</p><p></p><p>That being said, if you take away the sensory issues - we are in serious trouble with the eating habits of our entire nation, but especially our children. Children can either eat what they are offered , or like difficult child just not eat. You get what you pay for, and as a culture, we are not willing to pay for good, nutritious food in our schools. in my humble opinion it's all about the money. Unfortunately, this is penny wise and pound foolish, because the costs get you one way or another - payment for good nutrition now, or payment for treatment of nutritionally caused diseases later. It's really that simple.</p><p></p><p>Years ago I worked in a program promoting healthy habits for low income families. I used to try desperately to encourage the moms to pool together, hire a taxi, and travel four miles to wonderful local farmer's market with great, low prices on fresh, locally grown food. These ladies were using food stamps, and the market accepted them. I simply could not get them to so, as they preferred the small, local mom and pop market with sky high prices and no fresh fruit or veggies! Their money would have gone at least twice as far at the farmers' market and there was no processed food there. Your taxes at work!</p><p></p><p>Valerie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1 Day At a Time, post: 354093, member: 3704"] Trinity, You really do give me hope for difficult child. Like your grandmother, I gave up the food battle long ago. There are still times when he goes way too long without eating because nothing is "right". This is definitely abnormal for an adolescent male, and his lanky, skinny frame shows it. That being said, if you take away the sensory issues - we are in serious trouble with the eating habits of our entire nation, but especially our children. Children can either eat what they are offered , or like difficult child just not eat. You get what you pay for, and as a culture, we are not willing to pay for good, nutritious food in our schools. in my humble opinion it's all about the money. Unfortunately, this is penny wise and pound foolish, because the costs get you one way or another - payment for good nutrition now, or payment for treatment of nutritionally caused diseases later. It's really that simple. Years ago I worked in a program promoting healthy habits for low income families. I used to try desperately to encourage the moms to pool together, hire a taxi, and travel four miles to wonderful local farmer's market with great, low prices on fresh, locally grown food. These ladies were using food stamps, and the market accepted them. I simply could not get them to so, as they preferred the small, local mom and pop market with sky high prices and no fresh fruit or veggies! Their money would have gone at least twice as far at the farmers' market and there was no processed food there. Your taxes at work! Valerie [/QUOTE]
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