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Show 1 Pre-school Child Might Enjoy Talk ner table and the school lunchroom, lun-chroom, he will be more adaptable adapt-able to new food experiences. MEALTIME is important in the social development of the child. Eating in a relaxed atmosphere of love and acceptance can reinforce a child's good feelings about himself. A child who is or has been sick will have a depressed appetite. Being overtired or overstimulated affects a child's interest in eating and puts his appetite in slow gear. ! By NANCY MOORE THUR-,f THUR-,f MOND i i.i The preschool child may be i slow eater because of his interest in-terest in chit-chatting and socializing. He is easily pre-xcupied pre-xcupied or distracted, mak-jig mak-jig incidental trips to the bathroom. bath-room. BETWEEN the ages of two ind six, a child reaches a ilateau in growth and in appe-ite appe-ite as well. The pre-six is iltra-conservative when it :omes to food likes and dis- , ikes. Generally, he prefers to ;tick with the plain tried-and- ' rue foods he already knows j ind likes. If a child is offered new Yoods when he is very young, i jie will probably accept them Jnore readily as he grows to ftfchool age. A preschool child feias a highly developed sense )f taste and smell. As a result, fie usually prefers milder, )land food to highly seasoned, Spicy, exotic dishes that adults ike. As a child's environment expands to the neighbor's diri- , I |