Why So Many Kids Are Picky Eaters and What to Do About It
Katie Kimball is an author, entrepreneur, teacher of a Wall Street Journal recommended online cooking class, and a mother of four. She explains how to deal with picky eaters, and get kids to willingly eat healthy foods. In conversation with Dr. Tom Moorcroft, Katie explains how to get kids to develop a healthy relationship with food, and in turn, grow into independent, resilient adults. Find the inspiration you need for your picky eater at home.
Top Tips
- It is not the job of parents to get their kids to eat. By removing the stress and control over the whole process of eating, parents can help picky eaters eat healthy, whole foods.
- Sensory overload and environmental toxins around us are often the reasons why kids are so fussy about the food they will eat and not eat.
- Give kids choice, control, and agency to help them develop a healthy relationship with food.
- Getting kids into the kitchen is a good way to get them interested in food. Let kids cook, and experiment with different foods and textures to get them invested in the process of cooking.
- Kids should be allowed to handle age-appropriate kitchen tools, even knives. It is especially important to get boys involved in the process of cooking, for parents to bring up healthy, independent, self-reliant individuals.
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Katie Kimball
The national voice of healthy kids cooking, is a blogger, TEDx speaker, former teacher, and mom of 4 kids who founded the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, recommended by The Wall Street Journal in 2020 as the best online cooking class for kids. Her blog, Kitchen Stewardship helps families stay healthy without going crazy, and she’s on a mission to connect families around healthy food and teach every child to cook as part of the Kids' Meal Revolution.