All Entries in the "Eating" Category
3 Easy Tips For Your Child To Love Vegetables
Vegetables will never make it to the top of your child’s favorite food list. They see vegetables as unappetizing and not tasty at all.
However, as parents we all know that vegetables should be a part of our child’s diet.
Vegetables are excellent sources of essential vitamins and minerals needed by our kids to [...]
Five Ways To Shake Up Your Kids’ Lunch
Kids get bored with food and refuse to eat, just like adults do.
But while most of us over the age of eighteen can navigate past our epicurean dilemma, a child’s boredom usually manifests in a singular manner: the refusal to eat what’s given to him.
In their parents’ presence, a child can be cajoled, tricked, or [...]
Clean Plate Policy: Not Always The Best Policy
In many homes, parents enforce a Clean Plate Policy, meaning that what is on your plate has to be finished, there is to be no wasting of food. It is an extension of the premise: Waste not Want not.
Fair enough at one level, that you are teaching your children the value of food [...]
Tips To Deal With The Child That Just Won’t Eat!
You have just spent time and effort preparing a delicious, nutritious meal for your child and the child turns up their nose at your efforts.
It can be irritating, it can be frustrating, and it can be worrying because you don’t know what will happen if your child does not eat enough.
Your [...]
Feeding Your Child’s Brain: Omega 3 Fatty Acids And Your Child
If you could give your child a single food that could help them be smarter, healthier, and better behaved, would you do it?
Of course you would! The good news is that you can do just that when you make sure your child is getting enough Omega 3 fatty acids.
These fatty acids [...]
Dealing With Food Likes And Dislikes
Within most families there is usually someone who is difficult to please at the dinner table, a fussy eater can be quite a challenge.
For any parent it is vital to know that firstly it is not anyone’s fault and secondly that worrying just will not help.
In most cases the child will grow [...]
Healthy And Delicious After School Snacks For Children
Every child would dash to the kitchen immediately after coming from school.
They’d just throw off their coat and backpack on the floors and rush to the kitchen searching for a delicious meal.
This would be the best time for parents to offer something healthy and delicious for their child.
Beneath are some [...]
Does Your Child Hesitate To Take Fruits And Vegetables?
With wide ranges of food options and unhealthy snacks, many kids hesitate to eat fruits and vegetables.
Fruits and vegetables include all essential vitamins and nutrients necessary for healthy growth in children.
It therefore becomes essential for every parent to provide their kids with the right amounts of fruits and veggies.
Here are a few [...]
Preschool Lunch Doesn’t Always Pack With Essential Nutrition
According to new study, When parents pack their preschoolers’ lunches, they may be sacrificing nutrition by giving the children food they like.
The study also found that 71 percent of packed lunches didn’t have enough fruits and vegetables, and that one in four preschool tots didn’t get enough milk with lunch.
“What [...]
Kids Mimic Parents’ Diets From An Early Age
Parents who want their preschoolers to eat their vegetables may need to take a hard look at their own eating habits, new research suggests.
In a study of 120 young children who were allowed to “buy” food from a play grocery store, researchers found that even 2-year-olds tended to mirror their parents’ usual food choices.
Children who [...]
