Comments on: Mealtime with Kids

By: cloud computing sales

cloud computing sales — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:10:42 +0000

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By: Children health

Children health — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:58:28 +0000

Hi very nice article for kids.

By: Carpet Tiles

Carpet Tiles — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:50:10 +0000

i was home schooled when i was still very young and i have to stay that it is also a great way to educate your kids *.”

By: L-Lysine Dosage :

L-Lysine Dosage : — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 22:20:09 +0000

my kids are home schooled and they are always performing well in class during their High School years”~-

By: Bad Alice

Bad Alice — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:41:27 +0000

Oh puuuhlease. They won’t eat kid foods forever. If the kids don’t want to eat what we’re eating, they can definitely eat something else. They can make it themselves. I refuse to make dinner into some sort of battleground with “you can eat it or starve” as the battle cry. And I just laugh at the 10x exposures business. I’ve exposed my kids to items 10, 20, 30 times and no go. I’ve done a “you must try one new item” ploy. If I made mistakes in their early years, well, there you are. Congrats to the parents who navigated this so perfectly. I like a lot of foods I despised as a child. I remember throwing up from my mom’s well-intentioned insistence that I “try” certain foods. Meanwhile my kids slowly add more grown up foods and healthier foods. Like, one a year.

By: Ashley Martinez

Ashley Martinez — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:17:16 +0000

i was home schooled too but i would still prefer regular schools.:-.

By: Joel Owen

Joel Owen — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:27:58 +0000

i was also home schooled when i was younger and it is also a great weay to get your education.*’-

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:59:40 +0000

This is so true– I remember sitting with my first daughter, then just under a year, splitting a plate of California rolls. Nobody could believe that she would eat something so “grown-up.”

Kids will generally eat what they are offered, but I also agree that persistence pays off. I’ve been blessed with some adventurous eaters, but even so there were a few things that took them MONTHS to eat. Sandwiches, for example… I always made their sandwiches with lettuce and tomato, and the lettuce and tomato always got picked off. (which was fine– we don’t force food) Then one day, months later, I realized both girls were eating their sandwiches whole.

I think the “kid food” comes from this base parenting fear of our kids starving. Of course they like Mac N Cheese better than salmon, and we wouldn’t want them to NOT eat, so we give in. It helps a lot to come to terms with that basic instinct to make sure our child is well-fed, realize that a healthy child will NOT starve if their junk food is taken away, and let them choose from healthy “adult” foods when they are hungry enough to eat it. It’s SO much easier to start when they’re little though– I can’t imagine the struggle to switch eating habits when a child is older than 3 or 4. That would take some serious dedication!

By: Esther

Esther — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:55:42 +0000

I have a hard time with the six-10 exposure thing. But then again I think consistency is one of the hardest things to develop in parenting.
I recently spent some time mulling over my kids eating habits and decided to get them more involved in the preparation process. I have never been one to prepare separate meals for them, honestly I don’t have the time or money to do that. But my 4.5 yr old is loving playing a bigger part in the meal and he is much more likely to try foods when he has made them himself. Plus it teaches me patience and to let go of things having to “look perfect”.