A few years back, my son had a friend over and we offered him an apple, he handed it back and said,"that's not an apple!"
Confused, I started questioning. Quickly a learned that he was expecting a plastic package with Apple spears that a kid gets in a happy meal. This kid was in his second year of preschool at the time while my son moved on to kindergarten. But honestly, the kid was serious. He had no idea what to do with a real and natural apple.
As bad as that was, the next event I remember just totally blows my mind. It was some time later when the kid was staying with us for 3days. We set down for dinner and once again this kid was dumbfounded. He was like, what is that, i don't know what it is, get it off my plate. It was carrots! He was afraid of them.
So, my wife decides to remedy the situation by whipping out some green beans. The same reaction from this kid! This is not a joke, peas, carrots, green beans, broccoli....he had never eaten these things. He was 6ys old at this time.
The next time I saw this kid, which was 4 or 5 months ago, it was obvious that he was spreading out towards obesity. If he wouldn't already have been considered obese. He was significantly wider than my son who is about the same age (my son is 1 month younger). Months had went by, almost a year, since I last seen him. And a yr ago, he was chunkier than my kid (which is completely thin, flat and slender) but wouldn't have been considered fat. Just plump, not unhealthily looking.
A lot has changed in his appearance in the last year. He spread out and no one would deny it, he is fat. He looks unhealthy, tired and even dark spots under his eyes......before he even turned 8 yr old.
Confused, I started questioning. Quickly a learned that he was expecting a plastic package with Apple spears that a kid gets in a happy meal. This kid was in his second year of preschool at the time while my son moved on to kindergarten. But honestly, the kid was serious. He had no idea what to do with a real and natural apple.
As bad as that was, the next event I remember just totally blows my mind. It was some time later when the kid was staying with us for 3days. We set down for dinner and once again this kid was dumbfounded. He was like, what is that, i don't know what it is, get it off my plate. It was carrots! He was afraid of them.
So, my wife decides to remedy the situation by whipping out some green beans. The same reaction from this kid! This is not a joke, peas, carrots, green beans, broccoli....he had never eaten these things. He was 6ys old at this time.
The next time I saw this kid, which was 4 or 5 months ago, it was obvious that he was spreading out towards obesity. If he wouldn't already have been considered obese. He was significantly wider than my son who is about the same age (my son is 1 month younger). Months had went by, almost a year, since I last seen him. And a yr ago, he was chunkier than my kid (which is completely thin, flat and slender) but wouldn't have been considered fat. Just plump, not unhealthily looking.
A lot has changed in his appearance in the last year. He spread out and no one would deny it, he is fat. He looks unhealthy, tired and even dark spots under his eyes......before he even turned 8 yr old.