Teach Your Kids How & What To Eat You have complete freedom and responsibility to teach your kids how and what to eat. You don’t have to listen to government recommendations that don’t make sense. Karen Le Billon writes in the New York Times parenting blog that compared to how Americans are taught to feed their kids (processed cereal!), the first foods the French are told to feed their kids are leek soup, endive, spinach, and beets. The French teach their children that “good for you foods” taste good, whereas Americans often do the opposite, setting kids up to hate the foods that need to make up the staple of their diets. Le Billon, who has lived in France, eloquently notes that “French parents teach their children to eat like we teach our kids to read: with love, patience, and firm persistence they expose their children tot a wide variety of tastes, flavors and textures.” And guess what? American kids are three times as likely as French kids to be overweight. Know that you CAN teach kids to prefer vegetables, fruits, and protein over processed junk. Though not a randomized control trial, this article gives tips on how to do so based on real-life experience. In addition always rememeber you DO NOT have to take your children to art museums and plays to help them become better thinkers. The grocery store is a great place to teach your children. Simply getting them to recognize foods as sources of protein, carb, and fats teaches them a viable nutrition lesson many kids never understand until much older. lifestylebypoliquin/Lifestyle/StayHealthy/81/Getting_Your_Kids_To_Eat_Right.aspx.aspx
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:12:21 +0000
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