Read Ellyn Satter’s advice on feeding children. She is the
foremost authority on infant and child feeding. Her recommendations are
evidence-based. Be sure to read carefully the section on Division of
Responsibility. https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/
Now watch this video from the TV series, Supernanny. Defiant Kid
Refuses To Eat Dinner | Supernanny
How does advice from Supernanny compare to Satter’s research-based
recommendations? What rules on eating and mealtime behavior were enforced when
you were a child? How were you affected by these mealtime routines and
traditions? Make an initial comment by Thursday; 2 paragraphs
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The Satter recommendation pertains to; parents are responsible for the what, when, and where and the child is resposible for how much and wether. As a parent you choose and prepare the food, make eating times pleasent, show proper behavior during family meal time, just to mention a few. Parents learn to trust that their child will eat the amounts they need, learn to eat the food the family eats, learn to behave during meal time, and grow in the way it is right for them. Satter’s whole approach isn’t about restricting what you eat, it is about choosing food that makes your body feel good and tuning in when you eat so you can tell when you are no longer hungry. I think this can help children and make it easier for them to understand how to feed themselves healthfully. The Supernanny feeding advice was a bit too much, too harsh on the kids making there parents react and be harder on them just to get them to eat. Having a child cry for 2 hours until she is falling asleep in the dinner table is crazy! The children were put in a lot of pressure and unnecessary stress. There is basically no learning or processing of rules and information while in a state of stress like those children were. The rules that were enforced in my family were not like either of those mentioned here. We did not set a time to eat dinner together, some ate earlier others at a later time, basically when we were each hungry. One thing my mother disliked was having us leave food on the plate, so she would advice us to only serve ourselves smaller portions and if we were still hungry to get seconds. I would of really liked to have family meal time routines and traditions so we could be able to talk and bond with each other more. I see ourselves doing that more often as adults now then when we were children. I guess it is never too late to begin.