Our teenager has rejected all the cultural foods we've been cooking for years and only wants to eat what their friends eat, and my spouse thinks we should force the issue while I think we should let them explore. We're not just disagreeing about dinner — we're fighting about whether we're failing to pass down our heritage or failing to let our child find their own identity.
More people experience this than they realize.
Parents are grappling with whether cultural transmission through food requires compliance or can allow for individual choice.
“Where Are You with Dietary traditions across cultures?”
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