How To Get Kids To Eat Healthy
Ice Cream, Pizza, and Cookies – Oh My! How To Get Kids To Eat Healthy

Yes! Here’s how to get kids to eat healthy (without unleashing any flying monkeys) by using these three tips:
- Control the cupboard by stocking it with healthy choices. It’s much easier for your munchkins to make smart snacking decisions when the Lollipop Guild’s not in the house. Keep your pantry full of your children’s favorite fruits, vegetables, and other wholesome foods right at eye level, and leave the sweet stuff on the store shelves.
- Offer options as you plan your meals, letting your kids have some say in what they’ll be eating. Chicken or fish? Peas or carrots? Dorothy is less likely to sneak her veggies to Toto if she chose them herself.
- Avoid the arguments that lead to power struggles over food. However much we beg, bribe, or outright demand, not even an “all powerful wizard” can force our kids to eat. On the contrary, these efforts actually encourage our kids to wage dinnertime battles by rewarding them with attention. Remove that payoff by letting your child know in advance that you won’t respond to his refusal to eat, and that you also won’t be giving him more food until the next scheduled snack or meal – even if it’s breakfast. He won’t starve overnight, but next dinnertime, he will remember the consequence of not eating.
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