What Kids Really Mean When They Say “I Don’t Like It”
It was Cultural Heritage Day at my son’s school and for lunch, parents brought in food from their nationality. As one boy sat down to his plate of unfamiliar food, he started to cry. I went up to him to see if he was okay and he said: “I don’t like this food.”
I went around to all the items, explaining what they were and that helped a little. He ended up picking up a churro to eat and started to calm down.
Here’s the thing: His reaction had nothing to do with not liking the food and everything to do with not feeling ready to eat it.
Gabriela Flores is a culinary nutritional expert, food coach and a wellness enthusiast. She’s the co-founder and kitchen goddess at Bliss B4 Laundry: Inspirational Events for Mind, Body, and Soul. She’s made it a mission to find ways to transform the human body from deprivation to abundance. Her passion is food: to get in the kitchen and experiment with new ingredients to make them delicious, nourishing and extract their power to heal.