Family mealtimes are a goal—and a challenge—for many people. Try these strategies for getting the most out of family dinners, by CornellBCTR
, Bellows and her colleagues examined parents’ ideals for family dinner and then compared this image with what actually happens at family mealtimes by conducting focus groups with rural families of young children.for family mealtimes: being together as a family, everyone remaining calm, and children eating the same healthy food as the adults. But participants reported numerous barriers to making this goal a reality.
Parents were able to develop some strategies to cope with these challenges. Some implemented flexible meal times to accommodate their work schedules. They found involving kids in meal planning and preparation encouraged them to sit and eat. Positive role-modeling by parents helped picky eaters to try new foods.involving interviews with 30 caregivers of preschoolers yielded similar findings: parents valued everyone sitting down to eat the same food, in the same place, at the same time.
“It’s important for parents to set the stage for success,” she said. “This means providing appropriate portion sizes, not overwhelming kids with mountains of food; setting expectations, like sitting on their bottom at the table; and being realistic, allowing for minor etiquette slip-ups.
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