Parent Role:

Choose the foods for each meal

Child Role:

Choose what and how much to eat from the food offered

Parent Role:

Create a regular schedule of meals and snacks

Child Role:

Trust the set schedule

Parent Role:

Encourage only water between scheduled meals and snacks

Child Role:

Adjust to planned eating times

Parent Role:

Consider your child’s tastes without making a separate menu

Child Role:

Learn to try new foods eat a variety of nutritious food choices

Parent Role:

Trust your child to eat the amount needed

Child Role:

Learn to eat the amount of food needed