why you should serve your child dessert with dinner

Why Serving your Child Dessert WITH Dinner is Important

If you’ve been following me for a little while, you may have already heard me talk about the concept of ‘serving dessert WITH dinner’. Yep. I know. It might sound a little radical, especially if you were one of those kids (like me!) who was raised to finish your dinner before you got dessert! But hear me out. Kids often go crazy about certain foods because they sense that these foods are ‘special’ and they may even feel restricted from having them. Let’s deconstruct how kids are told to eat all of their dinner before they can have dessert. Think …

How to Achieve a Feeding Mindset

How to Achieve a Feeding Mindset

I’m sure you’ve probably heard the quote by Henry Ford that goes: “whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right”. And it couldn’t be more true! Our beliefs and attitudes shape our outcomes and whether we can be successful at something. The same goes for picky eating. If you believe your child is a picky eater, they are. If you believe your child is an adventurous eater, they are. And more importantly, what we say and believe about our children is what they will say and believe about themselves. LEMME SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE …