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Posted by Barbara Gibson Oct 22, 2006 |
- Shares meals together as often as you can.
- Offer a variety of foods.
- Avoid forcing food on your child. Allow them to chose from the healthy offerings on the table.
- Encourage your children to try new foods by trying and eating them yourself.
- Make mealtime conversation light. Avoid lectures and scolding at the table. Instead, use this time to learn something new about one another, share good news, or discover new cultures through recipes and menus.
- Encourage children to participate in meal preparation and clean-up.
- Monitor meal portions - avoid the supersize syndrome by filling plates with reasonable portions.
- Plan meals together - Be sure that everyone has some say in the weekly menus. Mealtime is more pleasant when the meal includes a favorite or two.
- Turn off the television - and make your own show. You're sitting around the table with people you know and love, take this time to give them your undivided attention.
- Dine family style put everything on the table so that no one has to jump up and down to bring "just one more thing" from the refrigerator or stove.