http://eatingcleanworks.com/do-you-force-your-children-to-eat-clean.html Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:25:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://eatingcleanworks.com/do-you-force-your-children-to-eat-clean.html/comment-page-1#comment-549 SAS Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:25:58 +0000 http://eatingcleanworks.com/?p=195#comment-549 I agree for the most part. I have 5 children and we eat healthy at home and love to prepare and eat meals together. "Its ALL about the food!" is our motto. They know whats healthy and whats not. But they (we) all enjoy a treat now and then. When we go out to eat or to a party the kids can choose what they want with some limitations. Ex. if they want a soda, thats fine, but no Grandioso sizes and thats instead of a dessert. Our kids love orange soda, and red soda.... which is seltzer with OJ and red soda is seltzer and cranberry juice. Its all about the choices! I agree for the most part. I have 5 children and we eat healthy at home and love to prepare and eat meals together. “Its ALL about the food!” is our motto. They know whats healthy and whats not. But they (we) all enjoy a treat now and then. When we go out to eat or to a party the kids can choose what they want with some limitations. Ex. if they want a soda, thats fine, but no Grandioso sizes and thats instead of a dessert.
Our kids love orange soda, and red soda…. which is seltzer with OJ and red soda is seltzer and cranberry juice. Its all about the choices!

]]> http://eatingcleanworks.com/do-you-force-your-children-to-eat-clean.html/comment-page-1#comment-543 C-Lo Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:21:04 +0000 http://eatingcleanworks.com/?p=195#comment-543 I do both. When we're at home, I serve my 4-year-old mostly salads, chicken or fish, and lots of fresh fruit. But when we do go out to eat, it's on those occasions that I allow her to decide what she would like to eat, and most of the time she orders chicken strips and a dessert. She rarely eats half of her plate, and we take the rest home. If she doesn't eat it by the next day, we dump it out and go back to our normal routine. The one thing I do refuse to allow her to eat is fast food, however. All in all, I think it's about being balanced, eating healthy food 95% of the time and allowing the little indulgences here and there. It is my hope that as she grows older, she'll recognize how eating healthy food makes her feel good, and when she's presented with the temptations to eat junk food, she can decide for herself whether it's good time to treat herself or to decline. I do both. When we’re at home, I serve my 4-year-old mostly salads, chicken or fish, and lots of fresh fruit. But when we do go out to eat, it’s on those occasions that I allow her to decide what she would like to eat, and most of the time she orders chicken strips and a dessert. She rarely eats half of her plate, and we take the rest home. If she doesn’t eat it by the next day, we dump it out and go back to our normal routine. The one thing I do refuse to allow her to eat is fast food, however. All in all, I think it’s about being balanced, eating healthy food 95% of the time and allowing the little indulgences here and there. It is my hope that as she grows older, she’ll recognize how eating healthy food makes her feel good, and when she’s presented with the temptations to eat junk food, she can decide for herself whether it’s good time to treat herself or to decline.

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