Hi all,
Has anyone on here successfully managed to get their young kids to just eat what they’re given? A lot of mealtime advice is geared towards raising adventurous/healthy eaters, but to me it’s more important that they are respectful of the food (and by extension of the effort/time/money that’s gone into providing it) not wasteful, and grateful for what they are given. Am I deluded in thinking that it’s possible to teach these values around food and mealtimes? I’m allergic to the sight of them poking disapprovingly at food when elsewhere in the world there are kids eating out of rubbish bins. Not even that extreme - I mean how many families globally are in a position to provide a range of healthy meals and snacks at intervals throughout the day? As opposed to say, here’s the pot of what we’ve cooked, eat from it! Has anyone achieved this? And how?
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SandMason · 16/11/2020 16:07
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