Apr 20, 2017 | Exploring Food, Family Meal Times, Feeding Kids
Food is, for most adults, a loaded subject. The language we use to talk about food and our bodies has such great power to influence whether children grow to be confident and competent eaters. I have written this piece for early childhood educators, but it is 100%...
Oct 31, 2016 | Exploring Food, Feeding Kids
Love or hate it, Halloween is upon us again. For some, Halloween may seem to be an unnecessary celebration here in Australia. A night where kids load up on as many sweets and lollies as they can possibly manage whilst they really have no idea what Halloween is about....
Oct 25, 2016 | Exploring Food, Family Meal Times
Every week I see more and more children referred by doctors, health professionals and parents with concern about their child’s weight. When I first started my private practice a few years ago, I drew away from seeing these kids & families, mainly because I felt...
Oct 5, 2016 | Exploring Food, Feeding Kids, Fussy Eating
Kids eat food for different reasons than adults do. Kids eat food for very immediate reasons: because they are hungry because the food looks, smells and or tastes good to them because the food is familiar or favourite because it is easy to eat As much as we’d like...
Sep 20, 2016 | Exploring Food, Feeding Kids
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to send our children back in time? What would they do if they were expected to wash their own clothes, go outside to the “out-house” toilet, grow and pick food to eat and help make dinner? What’s changed in our food...
Feb 4, 2016 | Exploring Food, Feeding Kids
It’s lunchbox time again! No matter if you love or hate your kitchen, there is always a time when packing lunch boxes feels like a chore. When Miss 8 first started at child care many years ago, I was incredibly hard on myself when packing her lunchbox. I tussled with...
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