Having Trouble Getting Kids to Eat? Feed Them, but Cook For Yourself
“Good—leaves more for the rest of us,” my mom used to say to any kid who didn’t want to eat something. At our house, eating was the club we wanted to join.
A powerful tactic for parents who want their children to voluntarily eat the most nourishing foods is to enthusiastically prepare and enjoy eating those foods themselves.
A begrudging, unenthusiastic cook is missing out. Why not conquer your boredom and turn a chore into a game? It pays off in so many ways.
“Feed them, yes; but do not cook for them. Cook for yourself,” advises Robert Farrar Capon in The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection.
“What they need most…
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