ARFID and Supportive Parenting: What Your Teen Needs From You
The following is a letter from a teenager whose parents have been insisting that she tries new foods – an experience she describes as unbearable and always ends in tears. […]
Is MAKING Kids Eat “The Only Way”? Response to Medscape Article: War and Peace at The Dinner Table
Reblogged from Help Your Child With Extreme Picky Eating (author Dr. Katja Rowell) As clinicians, parents, and experts in childhood feeding struggles, we are concerned about the content and one-sided nature of […]
Black Bean Brownies
We’ve all seen those “even picky eaters will love” posts that test the will of the human spirit with ways to make ordinary food look horrifying. This isn’t one of […]
Teachers? We need to talk about my child’s lunch.
Dear Teachers, Principals, and School Administrators: Some of you are already back at school and others will be starting after this weekend. Welcome back, everyone, and thank you for all […]
Meals: It’s Not About The Food
You’ve prepared a delicious meal. Great care and expense went into the finest ingredients, and you’ve successfully fielded dozens of questions from the kitchen without losing your composure, or forgetting […]
America Did Not Invent The Picky Eater
“Picky eating is an American problem. If children were not offered junk or fast food to begin with, they would have better palates for healthy food and they wouldn’t be […]
12 Things Selective Eaters Want You To Know
Author note: Selective eating was added to the 5th edition of the DSM-V in May 2013 as Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. “You didn’t eat the peas,” “Why don’t you […]
Talking to doctors about eating issues: Parent perceptions
Parents of selective eaters will tell you there’s more going on at their table than just developmentally typical “picky eating.” Looking forward to mealtimes is as foreign to these parents […]
Can I help my picky eating partner?
My boyfriend tells me he sees eating as an unpleasant chore, and since most social occasions are based on food, he avoids those situations as well. He eats only a […]
You can be healthy … and not perfect
[The perfect secret to making any food healthy] My childhood memories of winter are associated with the smell of freshly baked cookies and tarts; warming up from the brisk November […]
Turning Food Into Fun Learning Games At School
The topic of Health as a subject at school came up during yesterday’s dinner, specifically, how boring it is to be told what to eat … “All. The. Time.” <insert […]
The Stubborn Child
Not far away from where we live is an amusement park with a varied selection of roller coasters to satisfy my cravings for high-speed thrills. My husband loves roller coasters […]
