If a child is eating enough to grow and meet their nutritional needs, does it matter if they don’t eat any veg? Or, asks Charlotte Cripps, should I be marching my eight-year-old into therapy? My children are fussy eaters — but it’s time to stop beating myself up over it I’m en route to a tiny cottage in Wales when my phone pings. “Supper is ready and waiting for you — hope the journey was good!” It’s a text from one of my friends, who has kindly allowed me and my daughters, eight-year-old Lola and six-year-old Liberty, to stay with them in their family’s remote retreat. We’re all starving, so I’m grateful.
But I’m also anxious. As I pull up to the house and then wheel our suitcases into the kitchen, my heart sinks: dinner is vegetarian ratatouille and jacket potatoes, and my children will never eat it. Nor will they consider trying the lovely avocado salad, or the cream cheese and chive dip with cucumber on a tray.
The only thing they’ll consider is the ice cream for pudding..
