Healthy Eating Habits for Children

Many habits are instilled at a very early age. If the mother is peaceful and happy and eats wholesome foods, the child will not only receive nourishing milk, but also experience the harmonious quality of the mother and her healthy diet.
The first solid food will determine what an infant will desire later in life. It is important to share one meal together as a family, usually dinner. A nourishing meal and positive environment is often one of the most important factors in a child's diet. Meal time should not be used for airing greivances or having disagreeable discussions.
Bad for everyone and digestion. Serve a variety of foods and include your child in the preparation of the meal. As they get older take them shopping and have them choose the foods for a meal with your help, and take them through the process from beginning to the end which includes cleanup.
Dish up small servings and let them ask for more. Do not bribe your child with a dessert as a reward. if you withhold dessert as punishment, you will instill the notion that dessert is special, or a forbidden food. Linking sweet rewards to good behavior teaches children to identify food, sweets, with emotional nourishment rather than fuel for the body, which can result in eating disorders.
Another fun idea is to start a vegetable garden, even if it is a small one in pots on your porch. What a great way to taste all kinds of fruits and vegetables and it also teaches the children how and where foods come from.