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Picky Eaters
I’ve heard from literally 1000s of parents over the years about their challenges at the dinner table, and I’ve distilled it down to the essential habits your household needs to begin to solve the picky eating frustrations.
83: Helping Highly Sensitive Children Avoid Meltdowns and Thrive in Uncertain Times
Now more than ever, it’s highly risky to be a “highly sensitive person”—HSPs, children included, are more sensitive to stress and threats, and boy do we have a lot of both of those flying around. HSPs really feeeeeel all the pain that others are going through and want to help, but that isn’t always good...
82: What is a Highly Sensitive Person? (& How to Help Them Thrive in Times of Crisis)
Ever heard of a Highly Sensitive Person? We’re 15-20% of the population, which means it’s just a trait difference, not a disorder—which means there’s a reason the world needs HSPs (and HSCs, Highly Sensitive Children). But that doesn’t make it easy to be one! Here’s your introduction to what a Highly Sensitive Person is, including:...
77: Why HOW You Feed Your Kids Is More Important Than WHAT You Feed Them: Eating Styles
Why is my child holding all that food in his mouth? Just chew! Why does she play with her food for so long? Just eat! Why am I unsatisfied after certain meals? They’re perfectly healthy and filling! Mary Voogt, feeding expert and food allergy aficionado, joins us today to explain how she discovered the 4...
75: Science Gives Parents the Solution for Picky Eaters (Part 2 with Dr. Kay Toomey)
“Eating is the hardest thing kids will ever do.” What?!?! Have you ever thought about what we do 5x/day like this? Dr. Kay Toomey was the MOST fascinating interview I’ve ever done, and it ran so long, we had to cut it into two pieces for you! Be sure to catch part 1 here all...
10 Ways to Prepare Vegetables That Surprise Kids Into Eating Them (No Cuteness or “Tricks” Needed)
Move over, boring “steamed broccoli.” You’re old news there, green smoothie. There are other ways to serve vegetables so that kids will eat and enjoy them! And there’s no need for cute bento boxes every time! (Although we do love our bento boxes at our house.) There’s really not a very big difference between a...
43: Powerful Eating: How Parents Can Celebrate Strengths and Help Kids Think Well About Their Bodies
Did you know 50% of girls dislike their bodies as they enter high school—and some of those habits start as newborns?!? Family nutrition expert and mom Maryann Jacobsen, RD and I sat down to dig DEEP into how we talk about food with our kids, and why simply “not talking badly about our weight” is...
34: Big Encouragement for Kids to Try New Things (#mykidtriedthis CHALLENGE!)
Last week in Dr. Biljana Uzelac’s interview, she said one of the most effective strategies to get kids to be open to try new foods is to enlist an outside challenge. I’ll be that challenger for you! In today’s video I’m going to discuss some strategies for parents to introduce new foods smoothly and go...
33: How to Make Healthy Food COUNT with Dr. Biljana Uzelac, Integrative Pediatric MD
Can kindergartners make good decisions about what to feed themselves? What if all they want to eat is chicken dipped in ketchup at a meal? Find out some fascinating research on that, plus rock solid tips for starting babies off right with food, the attitude parents need at the dinner table, and how to motivate...
32: Why We Should Stop Thinking About Nutrition and Build Our Kids’ Eating Habits Instead with Feeding Expert Dina Rose, PhD
Dina Rose, PhD, is our guest today on feeding our kids healthily, and she says she’s not actually against the lollipop at the doctor’s…(insert shock here?)…BUT she still would take it away from her crying daughter! Why? She has a real issue with dealing with emotion through food, and we talk about that today in...
Picky Eating Solutions Using All 8 Senses (from a feeding expert)
Many parents feel their kids are “picky eaters,” and we definitely find here at Kids Cook Real Food™™ that working in the kitchen, being involved with food through our online cooking classes for kids, really helps kids be more open to trying and appreciating new foods. But it’s not magic pixie dust, and it doesn’t...