Never use any kind of food as reward. Food is essential. Food is not a treat nor a punishment. Using food for reward suggests that this type of food is more important than other types. It also makes kids become emotional eaters! As grown ups they will reward themselves with food when happy, or miserable, which leads to eating disorders and overweight issues. The same applies to using food as punishment! Involve kids in choosing, preparing and presenting food. Rather than being passive eaters, let them be involved and have a say. This way even as adults, they will be more aware of their choices. They will be better equipped to prepare healthy food and they will grow to like more foods. Just because your child doesn’t like bananas today, does not mean s/he never will. However, fussing about it and making it a big deal will definitely make it a NO LIKE item. When they say ‘I don’t like it’, don’t make a big deal, rather act surprised and say: ‚am sure you will one day, it is the best!‛ or ‚Oh no! You are really
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