"I do not like! I don't want it! ”How many times have you heard children say these phrases when you try to offer them unfamiliar food ? It has happened to many parents to become a "parent train" or a "parent plane" to make the child take a bite of the unfamiliar food. There are "parent song" or "parent ballet", which improvise a real show with a single purpose - to be able to put one or another spoonful of soup, which has a different taste and color from the previous one. There is a "parent list" (this bite is for grandpa , the other for grandma …), but nothing - the little ones do not want to know at all!

A study published in pediatric psychiatry examines the relationship between parents and children . It proves that the use of mobile technologies affects the verbal and non-verbal connections between mother and child . Psychologists advise that when you are in contact with the child, limit yourself to using the phone. This is especially true in cases where you are raising your child , as well as in situations where you are trying to feed him.

As parents, we need to set an example for our children to eat healthy and show how delicious healthy food is.

Each of us has our own taste , even children , and all react differently when serving a new food. There are people who willingly accept all kinds of food. These are the people with universal taste. But there are other types of people who get to know food step by step. At the educational level, what can be done with children is:

  • To offer a new healthy food to the child, playing with the colors (fruits and vegetables are many colors). So, in order to stimulate the taste and curiosity of the child, it is necessary to serve him the new food, attractive in appearance and with fresh taste.
  • You should not tell a child, "Eat spinach, it will make you healthy" - we adults need to eat the same healthy food to be convincing enough for our children.
  • Introduce the child to the history of the products you offer (how they are grown, where they grow, etc.), so that knowing the characteristics of the food, he will be more inclined to taste it.
  • Forget at least for a while the phone and the TV and dedicate yourself to dinner or lunch, which is an opportunity to share with the child the pleasure of food .
  • Be curious when tasting new foods : the more curious you are about new and unfamiliar foods while eating, the more you will pass on a similar tendency to new things to your child .

Food is practically not just that. It is taste, health, discovery, desire and pleasure to share it together.