That's right, ten times is a charm. Ten - not one, not two, and not even eight. In other words, you may need to feed your child a vegetable ten times before he/she develops a taste for it.
There are so many times that I've given my kids a vegetable once, and they didn't like it. I'd give up and not serve it to them again. But then I read about the ten times concept. One of the keys to this concept is getting your child to take a bite each of the ten times. If I tell my kids that they just need to take one bite and if they don't like it they do not have to eat any more, they will take the one bite. Sometimes they like it and eat the rest, other times they spit it out and don't eat any more. If your kids aren't even willing to even take one bite, ask them to touch it with their tongue. My friend told me about this technique and it works, too.
Just remember to not give up. Also you may want to serve another vegetable that your kid likes so he/she is still getting a vegetable for dinner.
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