Tag: health
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When Children Start to Make Their Own Food Choices
Earlier this year I was approached by a concerned mother whose daughter is ten years old and is overweight. This mother is blessed with a big family of five boys and five girls, and this daughter is the only one who is chubby. This ten year old girl reminded me of myself when I was…
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Is your child a picky eater?
In the mornings I am watching after my neighbor’s 10 month old daughter. She is an active, happy, and sweet baby. I love helping out my neighbor and her baby is a delight. My neighbor has one unique quality, she dislikes fruit. She won’t touch any type of fruit. As a mom she has had…
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What happens when you restrain your children’s eating?
I have a close friend whose baby loved to eat. Her baby, Sarah,[1] was just under a year old and would sit at the table and eat a full plate of food. Sarah would delight in eating just about every type of cuisine: Thai food, Chinese, Indian, you name it. Sarah loved feeding herself with…
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