child nutrition

Parents need to know a few simple nutritional facts because a child's nutrition is very important. But other things are important too: enjoying food without guilt, guiding children toward a lifetime of wise food choices, having pleasant family meals without conflict, and taking into account how much, or how little, time Mother has for food preparation.

Parent Kids Right

There are no "bad" foods. However there are bad eating habits like eating too much of something or never eating certain healthy foods like vegetables. Parents are the ones who buy and cook the food, decide when the meals and snacks are served, present age-appropriate food to the child, make family meals a pleasant time, teach the child table manners, serve as good role models, and teach the child how to make lifelong wise food choices.

Since 1989 Dr. Marilyn Heins, former professor of pediatrics, has shared her common sense parenting strategies (designed for today's busy parents) as the parenting columnist for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. Although much parenting advice is available on the health and care of children, Dr. Heins is one of the few experts to focus on the challenges as well as the rewards of being a parent. She stresses that parenting is NOT instinctive - the skills and strategies needed to do a good parenting job must be taught.

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