How to Feed Kids Part 1: Changing the Culture of Food in Your Home
Of all the responsibilities at hand as parents, teaching kids how to eat can be one of the most daunting. As a dietitian, examples of questions I hear all the time are “How do I get them to eat more fruits and vegetables?” or “How can I add variety to their diet without having World War III at the dinner table every night?” and “Why won’t they eat ‘good food.’” In a later blog post, I will address how to present food to your children in a very constructive way. First, I have to address you as parents. In the paragraph above I wrote “good” food in quotations because most people think of food as “good” or “bad” and we often communicate that to our children. But,...
