We’ve all seen it before. Parents dole out a home-cooked, healthy meal with something that kids haven’t tried before. Maybe it’s a new vegetable like broccoli or new texture like mushrooms. First, the child looks sideways at it. Then they reluctantly stab it with their fork, as though it might bite them. Finally, with a lot of coaxing from Mom and Dad, they give it a bite, almost holding their nose as they do. After some painful-looking chewing, they exclaim “eewww, that’s gross.”
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