To think a 10 year old should eat crusts

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My stepson is 11 in a few months and only eats the middle of his sandwiches and then is hungry 1 hour after lunch and grazes on snacks all day. I don't understand why, at nearly 11, he is having his crusts cut off or being allowed to leave them. Is this normal? Do lots of people leave their crusts? Fyi he doesn't have any problems with swallowing or have any allergies.

I am absolutely suggesting encouraging the eating of a wide variety of foods and I am absolutely suggesting that if a child or adult eats a wide variety of foods they will not refuse bread crusts which are, in taste and texture, wildly inoffensive. Bread crusts!

As an adult who eats a wide variety of foods, but chooses not to eat crusts, I am absolutely suggesting your opinions on this matter are a little unhinged.

Steak is expensive and produces it consumes massive resources. I'd either try to get over the childhood thing or stop buying it, if you really can't do the former
We only buy on special or when i have gift cards that make it free essentially.
We will buy it as we like actually. Ive got bigger issues to deal with than food dislikes

I sometimes cook stuff DH doesn't like, he sometimes cooks stuff I don't like. We just take a smaller portion, eat it and thank the other for cooking
But why eat stuff you dont like, id just push it round plate, throw it out and then snack later. We work to each others likes and dislikes, means we eat what we like every meal. Say we make pasta, his will get mushrooms, mine wont.

I actually even struggle to swallow stuff i dont like, the gag reflex really kicks in. There no forcing it down

@Squeekums, well I suppose when there are 4 of you, it can be restrictive only cooking stuff everyone likes. And when DH and I first met, we had VERY different tastes, so we just learned to compromise this way. It has worked fine for us for over 20 years. We always encourage DC to try everything on their plate, so it would be a bit hypocritical if we refused to do the same.
And actually some stuff that I HATED 20 years ago I actually quite like now. Tastes can change. (Some I still hate!) I remember gagging at foods all the time as a child, but I don't now.

If he doesn't like the crust then why should he eat it? No good forcing people to eat things they don't like.

@Whathappenedtothelego only 3 of us but with simmilar tastes really. Mine and dd tastes are most basic. But even she eats more than me lol.
DD knows as long as she tries something new if we have it, then I'm happy
The only thing we totally seperate is seafood cos I'm allergic.
We also not experimental cooks, fast and easy is what we aim for, I personally hate cooking, it's a chore.