by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jun 22, 2020
This article discusses the benefits and risks of offering bribes, incentives, and rewards for eating. “Take one bite and then you can have more macaroni and cheese.” “You can have dessert if you eat it.” “If you try the broccoli you’ll get a sticker.” “We can go to...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Jun 1, 2020
A few products and resources for picky eaters that I’ve been loving lately: Foublie on Instagram Foublie shares easy and inventive cooking projects for kids plus a ton of fun “food play” ideas like bell pepper paint stamps and building fruit structures with...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | May 18, 2020
This article shares 10 easy and healthy foods for picky eaters. What are the best healthy foods for picky eaters? I get this question or some iteration of it all the time. Unfortunately, I need to break the news: there is no clear answer. There is no one size fits all...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | May 4, 2020
You’re not the first parent who’s wondered how to get an extreme picky eater or a picky eater with autism to eat more fruit. Fruit, with all of its variability, is not often a favorite food of very picky kids. But that doesn’t have to be the case. When you consider a...
by Jenny Friedman, RD | Apr 20, 2020
Many of you are into at least a month of quarantining at home. While we’re adjusting to this new normal more and more every day, I know it isn’t easy to be stuck at home with a child who is anything but easy to feed. The bottom line is that there is nothing easy about...
