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‘Eat your peas or you won’t get your ice cream!’ : Five reasons why withholding dessert will backfire
Should you give your child a dessert if they have not eaten much (or any!) of their main course? I believe you should, and here is why:
Festive meals with picky eaters: parents’ survival guide
Whether you are gearing up for Christmas dinner, your Hanukkah Friday night meal or a Kwanzaa feast, if you are the parent of a picky eater, you may have more than gift wrapping and festive preparations on your mind.
Plates for picky eaters: the low-down
Read about what kind of plate is best for your child and why. There are lots of plates on the market aimed specifically at picky eaters, but do they help or hinder?
Leah’s story: inside food anxiety
In this frank interview with Leah – an adult who was a very picky eater as a child – we get to the heart of what’s it’s like to be scared of eating.
How to get your child to eat their veggies
Okay – the title of this post is a bit misleading, because I’m going to tell you that the way to get kids eating their veggies is to… not try to get them to eat their veggies. Confused? Hang on in there.
The Y-word
We’ve all been there. You put your child’s plate down in front of them and they take one look at it and say: “yuk”!!! “gross!!!!” “Euuuughhhhh!!!”.
