Training parents about all things preschool and kids aged 18 months–5 years
Is dining out with your kids at your favorite restaurant enjoyable or a nightmare? If you’re spending more time keeping your child from flinging food around the table than eating yours, you’re doing it wrong. The key here is planning and consistency. We say those words a lot when it comes to parenting. But we say them because…
Manners are essential in my book. When you teach table manners to your child they will be accepted and praised everywhere they go. Helping kids learn to stay seated and refrain from throwing cut-up grapes all over the table is an skill that is looked for in preschool classrooms. With practice your kids will learn to wait their turn, to have…
Do you ever wonder what restaurants think when they see that your party of four is actually a party of two humans and two small howler monkeys? Believe it or not, the writers at Bon Appétit actually sympathize, and have offered some tips to improve your experience dining with children. And I mean, how much worse…
You know that picky eaters have become endemic in the U.S. when The Onion takes time to parody the issue. A couple of our favorite suggestions: Set an example by eating anything your child hands you. If your child throws a tantrum when she sees veggies on her plate, try calmly explaining to her that you…
