Creative ways to get kids to eat their veggies
Life Kit
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🗓️ 7 February 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to LifeKit from NPR. |
| 0:05.6 | Hey everybody, I'm Mary Elle Sagarra. |
| 0:07.8 | And with me is Beck Harlan, the visuals editor for LifeKit. |
| 0:11.9 | Hey Mary Elle, hey! |
| 0:14.3 | So I have something I want to play for you. |
| 0:16.8 | This is dinner time at my house with my two and a half year old toddler, Gus. |
| 0:22.3 | Super tall, super tall. |
| 0:24.3 | Super tall. |
| 0:25.5 | I'm going to put one on your plate, okay? |
| 0:27.6 | Yeah, I know. |
| 0:28.7 | What else have you had for dinner, Gus? |
| 0:30.7 | My good cheese. |
| 0:32.7 | You had some mac and cheese? |
| 0:34.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:36.7 | Okay, no sweet potatoes. |
| 0:38.7 | Got it, Gus. |
| 0:40.7 | Yeah, I think pretty much anybody who's tried to feed a little kid would be able to relate to that. |
| 0:44.7 | Yeah, I mean, I kind of can't blame him, to be honest. |
| 0:46.7 | But I'm assuming you'd like him to eat some of both? |
| 0:48.7 | Of course. |
| 0:50.7 | Nothing against mac and cheese. |
| 0:52.7 | But the reality is that he probably hasn't ingested a vegetable. |
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