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From: mim@ihnp3.UUCP (M. K. Fenlon)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Kid won't eat
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Date: Fri, 24-Jan-86 15:08:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 24 15:08:32 1986
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Hillary had lots of up's and down's in her appetite over her 8 years.
Within moderation, we let her because Jim and I both had parents that
pushed food. We both have a hard time with weight control. Hillary is
slender and I think that she has a chance to stay that way. Kid's
will not starve themselves. They may have  better knowledge of their
own needs. Vegetables and fruit may give more roughage then their bodies
can handle some times. May be they need more sugar and starches than
you do. Check this out but I think the figures for a child's diet
are 30% protien 50% carbohydrate 20% fat and 1200 to 1500 calories
per day between 5 and 9 years.

The biggest thing is DON'T MAKE A BIG DEAL OF FOOD. Don't make it 
a symbol of you love. Don't feel that if your children do not eat
when you expect or what you expect, that you are failing as a parent.

If you think this attitude makes Hillary  a fussy eater, don't worry.
She eats Thai, Indian, Chineze, American, Mexican and many other
varieties of food. She won't eat mushrooms, but Jim realized that
she has an allergy to fungus so may be her appetite knows best!

					Mary Fenlon