Cut Kids Some Slack: Musings on Food Fears and “Helpful” Others
Scared of dogs When M was little she had a dog phobia. I’m talking screaming, climbing on me, uncontrollable fear of even a toy poodle. I can’t count how many people tried to talk her out of her fear,...
View ArticleResolution More Family Dinner Part I: the Kitchen Island
If having more meals together as a family is your New Year’s Resolution, one often overlooked piece of the puzzle is the physical space where meals happen. Let’s consider the kitchen island. Other...
View ArticleFamily Meal Resolutions Part II: be a parent, not a food cop
It’s human nature. We want to continue doing what makes us feel good, and stop things that don’t. Family meals aren’t always a lot of fun, especially if there is a worry about rapid weight gain, or...
View ArticleSurvey Says? Chicken Suqaar is Favorite School Lunch
I had lunch the other day with my second grader. I watched as tiny Kindergartners (I swear they look smaller every year) hung on to precariously balanced trays with pineapple juice slopping...
View ArticleNegative Emotions and Appetite
Our kitchen table is as much a stress-free zone as we can make it. If something tough comes up during mealtimes, we ‘put a pin in it’ and talk after dinner. Recently, it hit me how profoundly negative...
View ArticleParents on dessert with dinner
I asked my facebook readers and a few past clients to share their experiences with serving dessert with the meal. For many workshop attendees or new clients, this is the idea they struggle most to...
View ArticleAnother Veggie Study. Will it Change How You Feed?
Good reminder: often and early exposures help children learn to like veggies says an article about a recent study, which confirms earlier findings— most children learn to like foods with repeated...
View ArticleWhat Are You Worried About? Part 3 Food ‘Obsession’
This is part 3 of a 5 part series on food preoccupation. Read Part 1, Max’s Journey of Healing and Part 2, Is My Child Obsessed with Food? This is a long post because the fear of fat and the...
View ArticlePart of a “Complete” or “Good” breakfast?
I remember watching Saturday morning cartoons in the late ’70s. The cereal commercial barrage always ended with, “Part of a complete breakfast!” That complete breakfast included juice, milk, cereal,...
View ArticleHalloween Joy, and What are You Afraid of?
I wanted to share this email (with permission) from a former client. We had two calls a few years back addressing her concerns about nutrition and higher-than-average (but healthy) weight and appetite....
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