Speaking to Woman Magazine earlier this month, Gino said: “My kids are not allowed to be fussy eaters. The problem with fussy children is their stupid parents.” The chef’s comments caused heated debate – is there such thing as a fussy child?
For Clair, it was important that her son eats everything and is “adventurous” because she “grew up with an autistic brother who was a very picky eater most of his life, and I saw how much of a struggle that was for my mom making more than one meal per mealtime every day”.
She added: “We wanted to encourage our son to enjoy more foods and introduce him to as many foods as possible, so we can continue to enjoy stress-free meals together throughout his childhood.”
Rebecca Woollard, 37, from Kent is a food editor and a mother to a four-year-old boy who went through “an extremely fussy phase between 18 months and around three”.
Interestingly, Rebecca said “the fussiness only extended to eating around us – at his childminder’s he ate everything she gave him. She was Bangladeshi and cooked traditional Bangladeshi food so he had…
