I too had never eaten sweet potatoes until I was an adult. Boy, was I missing out. Didn't know you could eat the leaves! I have some growing for the first time in my garden. Guess I'll be picking these for a salad! Your kids eat everything because they see by example. My kids weren't picky eaters either. They were given lots of variety and not told anything about veggies being yucky. Now my granddaughter is a different story. Her mother won't eat veggies!