The Atlantic Try new things. Not too much. Mostly experiences. ” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Many parents of young children struggle to introduce new foods into their kids’ diets. About half of American children are picky eaters by the age of two; they are, in the vernacular of nutritionists, “food neophobic.” Our pediatrician once told me that one of our sons, who was a fussy eater, would need to try a new food at least six times before the taste would no longer fill him with fear and loathing. My wife and I wanted to fight our so...