Centralforce666 said:

After having quite a few kids grow up under my care (6) I can honestly say that this is a stage of their development which is fairly normal, even in children who, at 2 years old would eat anything and everything.

That doesn't mean that you just let them go however and sometimes providing no alternative is the only way. This also teaches children boundaries and that they cannot have whatever they want.

I also found that it is useful to explain the consequences of not eating correctly, ie sickness, disability and even death particularly if you have someone who the child knows who has an obvious illness or has died from poor lifestyle choices.

Ultimately we want our children to eat healthy so that they do not or at least reduce their exposure to the development of such consequences so there is little point in hiding the fact even when they are young.

Our job as parents is to raise children who are capable of looking after themselves in the "wild" and making reasonable, rational and logical choices amongst a myriad of other things..

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