Not only does this feeding style encourage the whole family to eat together (which has plenty of benefits), but it also allows kids to explore different foods at their own pace (which aligns with Ellyn Satter's philosophy of the Division of Responsibility of Feeding) and takes the pressure off parents to make sure
their kids eat certain foods like vegetables.
Not exact matches
If you're
kid doesn't like the texture of strawberries or broccoli, throw it in a blender; throw it in a blender with some yogurt, and it's a great way to get
kids to
eat their vegetables and fruits, if they don't like the texture of
certain foods.
Our
kids all have
certain favorite
foods that they would
eat every meal of every day if given the opportunity.
Even though schools do offer lunches, everyone knows that some
kids do not like school
food, or they have allergies that will not allow them to
eat certain foods.
Most
kids (unless they do have feeding issues, which you'd have noticed before age 2) go through spurts of
eating nothing but
certain foods or refusing things they previously loved.
Then the awesome principal commenced learning all 1000
kids names and swooping in busing the tables, checking in with the student body at both lunch periods and making
certain all
kids who were not
eating had money to buy
food, or he whipped out his wallet and gave them the money to go buy lunch.
It can take up to 12 tastes before you realize you enjoy a
certain food, so what is the point of trying to force
kids to
eat something when we may not have even liked it at first?
Instead of being the «
Food Police,» pressuring kids into eating certain foods while banning others, body positive moms try to focus on helping our kids understand how our bodies feel and react in response to our f
Food Police,» pressuring
kids into
eating certain foods while banning others, body positive moms try to focus on helping our
kids understand how our bodies feel and react in response to our
foodfood.
Which is why there are so many crazy power struggles at this time, and they suddenly want to do everything themselves, and have full - on temper tantrums, etc. (Often it manifests particularly in refusing to
eat certain foods or all
foods, because sometimes the only control
kids feel is over what they put in their mouths or what they swallow.)
But parents who have
kids who struggle with
eating foods that aren't heated just right or that aren't shaped a
certain way know the difficulty of planning for a day ahead, let alone an entire week!
kids with developmental delays; oral - motor problems (such as speech problems or refusal to
eat certain food textures); or behavioral problems (which could include refusing to take any medicine)
I think it's also the fact that
food - service companies think
kids want and will only
eat certain kinds of
foods, otherwise known as crap with a capital «C.» They expect the worst, so they serve the worst.
For some parents, this can turn to a greater problem when
kids start to reject to
eat anything from a
certain food group (like meat or vegetables).
We already
eat the way Sarah recommends in the book, but my
kids have asked a few times this week if a
certain food would help them be a super hero or not.
In truth, I just pay attention and was fed with discipline as a
kid so I never got into the habit of
eating certain foods, I think.