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Stop Trying to Make Your Child Eat: A Better Approach to Stressful Mealtimes
If dinner regularly sounds like... "Just take three more bites." "You haven't even tried it." "Eat your vegetables and then you can have dessert." ...you may be putting more pressure on yourself than you need to. As parents, it's easy to feel responsible for not only what our children eat, but Read More
Stop Trying to Make Your Child Eat: A Better Approach to Stressful Mealtimes
If dinner regularly sounds like... "Just take three more bites." "You haven't even tried it." "Eat your vegetables and then you can have dessert." ...you may be putting more pressure on yourself than you need to. As parents, it's easy to feel responsible for not only what our children eat, but Read More
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