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My children eat soap

PHOTO | FILE Most pica cravings involve non-food substances.

Sona Parmar Mukherjee answers your questions

Q: I do not know why, but my three-year-old son and one-year-old daughter eat soap. Do you think it is because something is missing from their diet?