| I see this issue with so many families. I am a mom of 5 | | | | know they have already eaten plenty, it's not about |
| and three of them are under 4. So, the little ones can | | | | your kids feeling better. It's about you feeling better. |
| be very demanding around food. With all my | | | | You want to make sure that you are a good parent. |
| experience, here is what I realized works well, given | | | | You are a good parent. The fact that you are reading |
| that we are all very busy mothers. Make only one | | | | an article on parenting should let you know how |
| thing for dinner for child/children, if they are hungry they | | | | committed you are to being a good parent. |
| will eat it. Period. No need to be making three different | | | | Do yourself a favor and make your life easier by |
| things to try to get them to eat. | | | | cooking your child/children what you cook them and if |
| My 4 year old was screaming and crying that she | | | | they are hungry they will eat it. Even if they don't, they |
| didn't want to eat this soup I made...I didn't give her | | | | know now that you won't make them something else. |
| anything else to eat for lunch. Later that evening, she | | | | You will have created a boundary...which will make |
| said, "mommy I want some soup" and she loved | | | | your life easier. |
| it...wanted seconds. | | | | And don't worry about if they are going to starve if |
| I tell you, kids are master manipulators....but beyond that, | | | | they choose not to eat. I promise you they won't. Have |
| all they want really is boundaries. It makes them feel | | | | you ever heard of a child that has starved to death |
| safe and secure. | | | | because they wouldn't eat what their parents cooked |
| Most the time when we find ourselves feeling bad that | | | | for them. Probably not. |
| they won't eat or they want more to eat and you | | | | |