While the quotes from Beardsworth and Keil are paired with Lareau's quote about how “the influence of family background on children's educational experiences…” (Lareau 1987, p. 73) [PDF] can have “…powerful formative influences…” (Beardsworth & Keil 1996, p. 73) on young children, as noted in my example about my Swiss friend. So overall, children's behavior towards food can be easily influenced as they are young because a child's curiosity is at its peak when he is young and he is at the stage of