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Picky A | Allison Fllickinger | TEDxKids@ElCajon


food it’s a love-hate relationship with
me imagine that you’re sitting at a
table with the disgusting plate of
bright green broccoli sting right at
your face you know your mom is expecting
you to try this hideous food you start
to imagine the prickly trees poking your
tongue and harassing your tastebuds your
stomach is screaming don’t eat that
your hands get anxious with sweat until
it’s that moment the we’re disgusting
food is about to enter your mouth you
start to panic and the whole world is
spinning your mom says stop you are
making this a bigger deal than it is
just eat it your siblings laugh at you
and make you feel terrible that you
can’t bring yourself to eat this
disgusting vegetable at this exact
moment is where your brain and your
stomach start to have a boxing match
your brain says I know it doesn’t taste
great but it’s good for you and good for
your body just eat it in your stomach
says you know broccoli scrotes
let’s fight and maybe wrong would be
less pizza instead have you ever been in
a situation feeling so torn like this if
so you are most likely a picky eater
like me trust me this is not anything no
for me this all started when I was a
little baby my mom tells me that when I
was 5 months old the only thing I would
eat was pureed prunes gross right
but this has been my struggle my whole
life food I just can’t explain it when I
love something I can’t get enough but if
it’s something I have not tried it
literally terrifies me this is something
some people think is a choice but I
promise you I would much rather be
eating what normal kids are eating at
school a lot of kids come with pretty
good lunches but me it’s a challenge
there’s literally nothing
I will eat their peanut butter and jelly
yep turkey sandwich I don’t think so
veggies definitely not you see I want to
change myself I want to challenge myself
to become a better eater
in fact two years ago my mom and I came
up with a solution a YouTube channel
hence picky I was born after a while I
gave up and started panicking about
trying new foods
but recently I’ve grown a lot and became
more passionate about this topic so a
miracle for myself I am promising Ally
to make a video at least once a week
trying something new this will help me
and hopefully others I decided to try
something else in order to help picky
eaters like me on December 14th 2017 I
hold the picky eaters food day at school
this will help me and hopefully others I
got to try Arabic food veggie rolls beef
rolls and much more I definitely didn’t
like all the food that I tried but guess
what I survived what is this an idea
we’re spreading you ask well I know a
lot of kids have the same exact problem
just like me I want them to know that I
want to help them through this journey
so subscribe to piggy a watch a few
videos and push yourself to try new
foods I leave you with one simple
thought what is the difference between
parents I think you already know kids don’t eat broccoli
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