Fussy Eaters: How to get them eat healthy
It all starts with the best of intentions. Pregnancy happens and with it, the promise to build an eco-friendly nursery, nurse until Kindergarten and feed an entirely healthy, 100% organic diet loaded with fruits and vegetables. Some of these goals might be achieved, but at some point, kids might start pushing back and then the fussy eater is born.
Tara Parker-Pope of the NY Times gives us the six food mistakes that parents make when dealing with a fussy eater:
- Sending them out of the kitchen: Let kids help prepare those veggies.
- Pressuring them to take a bite: Don't complain if your kid refuses that locally-grown, organic eggplant. And don't praise her if she does eat it.
- Restricting "bad" food: Set your food cabinets free. If a food is so low in nutritional value that you have to put it on high shelf, then consider getting rid of it altogether. Not a bad tip for anyone, whether there are kids in your household or not.
- Dieting in front of your children.
- Serving up "boring" vegetables.
- Giving up: Offer up a new food 15 times before giving up.
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