What are the three things parents do every day to actually destroy their kids' natural desire to eat a healthy diet?

Make Summer Food Fun for Kids
Kids are sometimes fearful about new foods, but they are also motivated by fun and colorful presentations. Summer foods offer many opportunities for your child to fill up on foods that are healthy and fun to eat. To interest your child or teen in ...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Consumer Gram Scam
Do you know what a gram is? Is it a measure of size, weight or volume? As the United States has yet to adopt the metric system of measure, I wonder why the nutrition label on food packages, supposedly a source of consumer nutrition information .…
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Avoiding Overeating
I am reading David Kessler's book "The End of Overeating". He has totally reinforced my motivation to convince parents to stop feeding their children an abundance of processed foods. Kessler's book focuses on why we over eat. He takes the reader through ,…
Friday, July 3, 2009

 

Feeding our children is a necessary part of every day. It should be a time of nourishment and comfort. Unfortunately in our attempts to nourish our children, we become disciplinarians. This will simply not work. In fact it could permanently damage your child's innate ability to regulate their own appetite, leading to life long eating and weight problems. Let me show you a simple, effective and emotionally healthy way to raise a healthy eater.

Healthy Eaters Without Discipline

• 6 ways to Nurture a Healthy Eater
• 5 Phrases to Never Say to a child during a Meal
• 8 Effective Strategies to Increase Food Acceptance

Fighting Food Phobias

• Bribes and punishments are not solutions
• Are you a food micro-manager
• Deception in the kitchen, lies at the table

Fun Food Time

• Home Alone or on their own
• 15 foods for fun times
• Nutrition Happens

Feeding Right from the Start

• Feeding Readiness: What Stage is your Baby
• Feeding your Baby, Concerns and Choices
• First Foods to First Birthday