Veggies vs. Junk Food

Apparently teenagers and children will eat fruits and veggies. Now I know this might seem mind blowing to you, but I swear to you it is true! They just need to be offered them. 
I made an observation this weekend that might be obvious but it really got me thinking. We had a pool party with some of the kids in Matt's youth group this weekend and it was a ton of fun! Typically stuff like this is crawling with Doritos, candy and any type of junk you can think of. The host of the party didn't have any of that usual stuff out, instead she had carrots, celery, apples, watermelon, kiwi, cantaloupe, bananas and grapes. Guess what? Not one kid complained. They chowed down on it. The carrots were gone very quickly as was the watermelon and bananas. Not one kid seemed disappointed that there was no chips or candy. 
So it might sound obvious that our kids (even teens!) will eat what is offered, but I think we forget that. We assume they will just let healthy food go to waste. Even with our one year old daughter, she certainly perfers juicy watermelon to dry crunchy chips. If I offer her Doritos (which I don't think she's ever actually had) she would eat them. If I offer her cantaloupe she will eat it. Hopefully by offering her healthy foods and not junk food when she is little will develop a taste for the healthier stuff and maybe in the end she won't even care very much about eating the junk (sadly... I do like the junk... ugh). 
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