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Look into DOR (division of responsibility) food practices. It’s designed to have a more positive relationship with food. So no bargaining, no gorging on sugars, more trust. It’s hard to wrap your head around but it’s evidence based and works well for my kids who are at risk for poor food relationship with foods due to past traumas. It’s suitable for any kids.
@hitmyspot @dadsplain I think that is kind of what we've been doing. I didn't know it was a named method. We don't force her to finish her meals completely. She just needs some encouragement to improve the vegetable variety in her diet.
Its much more than just not forcing to finish, it that's where it starts. Inthibk for me it clicked when I started doing it and was still in the jabit s I had learned as a kid to finish your plate and I was telling elder kid at 5 to do ish his chips (fries). It occurred to me that I didn't want him particularly to eat the fries. It was just bad habit.
Friends and strangers are shocked when my youngest who has a sweet tooth declines cake or ice cream when not hungry.
The concept is that by restricting it, it becomes a forbidden fruit kind of thing to consume when available. Making it more available (but still maintaining control of when and how much) allowsnthem to eat intuitively when needed. Also to never look at their nutrition through the lens of one meal but over a week. If they font eat their carrots today but have had plenty of fruit and vegetables over the last week, why stress?