Children, because of their immature taste buds they can only tolerate sweet tasting food. What child would refuse ice-cream, chocolate or candy when it is offered to them? Sweets are pleasant to the taste buds. Because of their immaturity, they only choose pleasurable things. Doesn't matter if it is bad for their oral or physical health.
Vegetables, although excellent for one's health, are most children's greatest enemy. Why? It is not pleasurable to their taste buds. I remembered when I was a child, my mum could never hide the veges in my rice or porridge. I was able to seek them out! So parents, you may have to wait for when your child is matured enough to understand that veges are good for them and sweets are bad. Meanwhile keep educating and encouraging them to go for the greens. Who knows? They may switch to veges sooner than expected.
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