{"id":4628,"date":"2016-02-29T10:12:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T10:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:40","slug":"developing-healthy-eating-habits-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/developing-healthy-eating-habits-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I don’t Nag my Children to Eat"},"content":{"rendered":"
Don\u2019t make this healthy eating mistake.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dr Orlena Kerek is a pediatric doctor and mother of four young children. She writes about developing healthy habits from an early age, especially healthy eating habits. She believes in fun healthy food the stress free way. You can find her over at <\/i>Snotty Noses.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Now that you are presenting our children with a healthy diet full of fresh fruit and vegetables, you are bound to hit a brick wall. You\u2019ll find that your children are independent beings who don\u2019t want to eat carrots or peas or broccoli. They like pizza and burgers and fries.<\/p>\n This is where the stress starts to creep in. You\u2019re trying SO hard. You know it\u2019s important. You\u2019ve gone to so much effort.<\/p>\n And wham!<\/p>\n \u201cYuck!\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t like it!\u201d<\/p>\n Noses turned up. Plates pushed away.<\/p>\n It\u2019s frustrating.<\/p>\n No, it\u2019s INFURIATING. I know! I have 4 kids and sometimes they tell me they don\u2019t like what\u2019s for dinner BEFORE they\u2019ve even seen it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s tempting to shout, to scream, to threaten to throw the dinner at them.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t. (Only in my dreams.)<\/p>\n So what can we do?<\/p>\n