Make the most of your food. Eating is a total sensory experience for children as they examine, smell and touch each morsel. You’ll appreciate food aromas, appearance and flavors more if you aren’t driving, watching television, working on a computer, reading or standing over the sink.
Eating with your family is fun. Babies and toddlers naturally love eat- ing with other people. Family meal- time is a golden opportunity to model good habits and conversational skills and connect with each other. With older children, play high-low around the dinner table, where each family member takes a turn sharing the best and worst parts of their day.
Eating until you are
content is more important than finishing
everything on your plate.
There is more to a party than cake and ice cream. Invite children to a party and they’ll want to know what they are going to get to do; invite adults and they’ll wonder what food will be served. Instead of avoiding food-based get togethers, focus on the social as- pects of the event.
Sleep is good. Children need a
good night’s sleep to prepare for the adventures that tomorrow will bring. Everyone benefits from a consistent bedtime and good rest.
Live in the moment. Kids are
masters at living in the present; they don’t waste a lot of energy worrying about what has already happened or what might happen tomorrow. They are fully engaged in small, enjoyable pur- suits. Adults will do well to reconsider the true joys of life and we can learn a lot from children.
Michelle May is a medical doctor, founder of the Am I Hungry? mindful eating program (
AmIHungry.com) and the award-winning author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat. Her mis- sion is to help individuals break free from mindless and emotional eating to live a more vibrant, healthy life.
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