| If your goal as a parent is to have children that eat | | | | (something you should have previously discussed), and |
| healthy food, it will be to your benefit to teach your | | | | part of the game is trying out the fruit and giving your |
| children how to eat healthy food and make healthy | | | | opinions on it. You can also come up with little skits to |
| choices rather than force it on them. Forcing a child to | | | | entertain your child or buy fake fruit and allow them to |
| do something will only work up to a certain extent. | | | | play with it for a few days before showing them the |
| They will end up not wanting to do whatever it is in the | | | | real thing. Whatever you find works best as a game is |
| end because children have the tendency to express | | | | probably what will work for your child. |
| their will and independence or autonomy. The key to | | | | Constantly remind your child about healthy eating and |
| success is to involve them in the process and to teach | | | | its benefits. Don't be nagging about it though. You can |
| them. | | | | ask them to remind you too. Say you forgot why |
| Teaching children healthy eating is relatively easy if you | | | | vegetables are important and you need them to tell |
| start early. It begins by exposing them to healthy foods | | | | you again. This will help you see how much your child |
| and monitoring their diets and food intake while they're | | | | has absorbed. |
| young. Apart from that, tell your children why you eat | | | | Also, follow a healthy eating lifestyle in and out of your |
| the things you eat. Letting them know the benefits of | | | | home at all times. It isn't enough for your child to know |
| their eating what you serve is one way to entice a | | | | the facts. They have to live the facts. Playing the |
| child to eat it. Being very frank and open with your | | | | game is one way to make healthy eating more |
| children is one way to win them over to your side. | | | | tangible to them, but if you aren't inclined to do so, just |
| Another way of teaching children healthy eating is to | | | | find creative ways of serving healthy food to your |
| turn the subject of healthy foods into a game or way | | | | children and consistently make healthy choices no |
| for you and your children to spend time together. Get | | | | matter where you are. Lead by example. Just |
| your child involved in the kitchen and have a list of | | | | remember to teach them while they're young and they |
| foods you introduce to them once a week. This is a | | | | will probably carry on the habit for the rest of their |
| good way of introducing them to fruits and vegetables, | | | | lives. |
| quizzing them on the benefits of eating these foods | | | | |