- The first time I explained to my kid that you can eat these berries but not *those* berries made me realize that I was taking part in the oldest continually taught piece of human education. A million years ago someone had a very similar conversation
- The simple reason kids are picky eaters is: drop a random adult off in literally any wilderness and see how long it takes em to eat poison. Being extremely stubborn about eating only what you *know* to be edible, is a survival trait.