Lol, happy to provide the entertainment. Just to be more precise from an example I am intimately familiar with- * picky in this case means "specific"- specifi

Lol, happy to provide the entertainment. Just to be more precise from an example I am intimately familiar with- * picky in this case means "specific"- specific products or combinations of products are required to satisfy a given child's nutritional demands. One can bellow like the dad in Calvin and Hobbes- "if they're hungry enough they'll eat it"- but that will be to no avail. * actual individual serving sizes of these specific products are often at least $1, and combinations of those servings are needed on a per eating event basis. * "snacking" means that it's more like there are 4-5 eating events of $3+ per day per kid * packaging, portion sizes, product lifespan and pickiness mean that a lot of food- probably 40-50%- gets thrown away, either not eaten during a meal or not gotten to before it "goes bad." From a recent daily trip that bled for $60: * oat milk - $1+/serving for a wannabe vegetarian environmental activist * quick cook oatmeal - $1/serving (and don't forget the cranberry raisins, also $1/serving) * bagel - $1/serving * cream cheese - $1/serving * cut fruit - $5/serving (snack!) * yogurt - .75/serving (cheap!) * specific brand of peanut butter granola - $2/serving * non-nut snack bars - $1/serving The "whole" thing is insane.