# How do I get my toddler to eat veggies?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 21, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-toddler-to-eat-veggies/713236 "2015-02-21T01:35:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-toddler-to-eat-veggies/713236/84 "2015-02-24T14:32:47Z")

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> [@even\_sven](#):
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> If she genuinely dislikes vegetables and has pickiness as an intrinsic part of her personality, it is what it is. We don’t choose our kids.

Please don’t raise a snowflake, we have enough of them, thank you.

Be the Parent.

Here’s how my Mom handled it back in the Stone Age:

Q. What’s for dinner?  
A. Whatever I make.

Q. When will it be ready?  
A. Whenever I make it.

We kids lived just fine.

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