Are you raising a food-savvy kid?

Is your child growing up to be a food lover? Aware of table manners? Smart about healthy eating habits? Take this simple quiz to find out if he's learning food skills that will serve him well into adulthood, or if he needs some help getting food savvy.

Quick. Call your kid over and ask what her fave foods are. Ok, her favourites…
1. Came from a few different food groups
2. Came from just two different couple food groups
3. What can I say: she lives for dessert

When being introduced to new foods, my child
1. Will usually try at least one bite of something
2. Will try something if it smells familiar
3. Won't give it try -- ever

We take our child with us to different ethnic restaurants
1. Sometimes
2. On occasion
3. Never, we stick with Kelsey's and McDonald's

Does your child have a favourite type of sushi (cooked or vegetarian options included)?
1. Yes
2. Not really
3. She has never tried sushi, or any Japanese food for that matter

I involve my kids in grocery shopping by
1. Encouraging them to pick some of our groceries (subject to my nutritional approval, of course)
2. Letting them select their breakfast cereal
3. Letting them pick one treat at the checkout counter if they behave

We refer to wholesome food and junk food in my home as
1. “Everyday food” and “sometimes food”
2. “Healthy food” and “not-healthy food”
3. “Good food” and “junk food”

We go on food-related outings like summertime orchard visits, berry-picking expeditions, or even fishing and wild-food foraging (ie. fiddleheads, wild blueberries)
1. Seasonally
2. Occasionally
3. Um, no: isn't that what supermarkets were created to help us avoid?!

My child and I sometimes embark on cooking projects together like
1. Preparing a weekend supper dish together
2. Baking cookies from scratch
3. Decorating ready-to-bake cookies

Does your child use cutlery in an age-appropriate fashion (ie. a preschooler becoming familiar with a spoon and fork; a grade schooler using those plus a table knife, in the proper fashion; a high schooler with all the previous plus chopsticks)?
1. Yes
2. Yes, with a bit of help or encouragement from us
3. No, but it's not a big deal -- who's keeping track at Swiss Chalet anyway?

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