joanne ikeda: young children are naturally neophobic. they have a distrust and a dislike of new foods. you put a new food in front of a toddler, and they generally don't go, "oh, whoopee, a new taste sensation!" it's more like, "what's that? i haven't seen that before. i don't think i'm going to like that." can you try me some strawberries, please? you know there's strawberries in your juice. you know there are strawberries in this juice? and you love this juice so much. try just a little bit of strawberries? you ch it l up? can you try a little bit for me? how about carrots? you want to try carrots today? can we try to eat the carrot? parents say to me, "oh, my child won't eat vegetables, but that's because they've given up too easily. they need to keep serving them, and they also need to model enjoying them. look, i'll try to eat some if you'll eat some? look, see? mmm. that's very good. it's really, really good, buddy. with repeated exposure, you can break down this neophobia and actually get to a point of acceptance. just a little bi