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So You Have a Picky Eater?
By: Peg Baron
Organic Kids
New ebook: Recipes for Raw Kids
If you are looking for great, healthy foods and snacks to feed your children, Recipes for Raw Kids is sure to help. This ebook includes delicious, kid friendly, raw recipes for meals, snacks, deserts, and beverages.
Healthful Snacks For Kids
Now days, more than ever children should be eating healthier. For millions of children in America consuming junk food and increased inactivity has led to obesity and an increasing number of children being above ideal weight. Not only is it important to teach your child which snacks they should eat, but educating them during the early, formidable years may help them sidestep obesity and becoming overweight in the future when they are adults. Here are some tricks on tasty healthy snacks for children.
Mealtimes, More than Nutrition
Mealtime includes more than just consuming food. It provides time for us to share ideas, build communication skills, and grow closer as a family. Research shows that eating together as a family is one indicator of a child’s success in school and beyond. Make one family mealtime in a day a priority. This can be breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Create a simple routine for this meal that fits your schedule, but be flexible. Involve your child in the different tasks of planning and preparing the meal and getting it to the table. Give children interesting and important jobs like choosing today’s vegetable, peeling carrots, and mashing potatoes, rather than always setting or clearing the table. Show your children that family mealtime is valued by eliminating distractions such as television and video, let the phone calls go to voice mail. Relax and slow the pace of the meal by adding ambience such as flowers or candles allowing plenty of time to eat and interact. Prolong mealtime by adding a light dessert of fresh fruit, gelatin, custards, fruit ices, or pudding. Small changes introduced slowly work best. Your efforts will build healthy habits, healthy children, and many heartwarming family memories.