How to get your child to eat vegetables

by Sweetsmile

The kids' tastes are nurtured by the parents. If they are not accustomed to some food, they may dislike it lifetime. Therefore, in getting your kids to eat vegetables, you should try to help them to form the habit of it, b...read more

by Susan Kliebenstein

Getting children to eat vegetables is a challenge for nearly every parent. Children who just naturally gravitate to vegetable eating are a rare breed. If you've got one, appreciate and encourage him or her! As for the r...read more

by mama-al

Children are picky. If you teach them to be. I am the mother of three, two of whom eat solids and one who is still nursing but about to start, and I follow the same routine every time, which has produced two children tha...read more

by Melinda Redd

The best advice I ever read about "getting" your child to eat vegetables was basically to not impose your own personal dislikes on your child. In other words, adults at our table are not allowed to say "yuck" or "I don't ...read more

by Petra Sando

My son is a prime example of a kid who can't stand the texture of vegetables. I finally had to resort to hiding the veggies in types of foods and recipes that for the most part don't seem to contain vegetables at all. ...read more

by Brittany Pierce

As a child I loved spinach, but don't get too excited because I hated every other type of vegetable. Or I thought I did. The trick to this was I didn't like most cooked vegetables. You can get your child to eat most vegeta...read more

by Kimberly Lee

How do I get them to eat their vegetables? Does dinner in your house go something like this? "I want French fries." "Eat your green beans" "I don't like green beans, I want more French fries." "You can have more fri...read more

by Jevah

"Getting your child to eat his vegetables." What's wrong with this sentence? Why do we parents have to "get" our kids to eat their veggies. After all, kids eat a lot . . . . mine never seem to stop eating. Kids love fo...read more

by Mel Bergen

Getting your child to love vegetables is not a one-step process, not is there any way to force him or her to change the way taste buds report flavors. But there are some good ways to set the stage for them to like them an...read more

by Cynthia Smaagaard

I grew up hating vegetables and fruits. It wasn't until I moved to a community of ranchers and farmers that I realized how wonderful real fresh vegetables and fruit can taste like! As a result, I have learned some simple...read more

by Kelly Lemmers

I am not sure if it came from my pregnancy and eating fruit everyday or just luck! My daughter (3) loves all fruit and vegetables. She would prefer to sit and eat red paprika and carrots with a little bowl of cashew nuts ...read more

by Lisa Hunt Warren

Improving the chances that a child will be as likely to eat vegetables as other foods involves - first and foremost - making vegetables as much a part of the family's eating habits as other foods are right from the beginni...read more

by Shanna Dietsch

Vegetables! The word that sends most children running and screaming from the opposite direction of the table! How many times have you heard a parent asking how can they get their child to ingest a few? Just a couple? Pleas...read more

by Avril Maia

When raising a child, it always helps to try and remember that the child quite often has a valid point of view. When someone tries to get you to eat something you hate as an adult, you refuse - your child is just the same....read more

by Kate Hudson

I have 3 little girls, ages 6 4 and 2. All three of them love fruit and vegetables. They rarely eat junk food, they would rather have fruit than chocolate, and theres not much they don't like. The main thing you can d...read more

by Angela Barrington

You know, it really is tough being a parent BUT getting your child to eat his/her food and to take medicine, should never be a problem if you don't make it a problem that is. I know I myself grew up eating some stuff that ...read more

by Jasmine Bryant

All children are different, as parents soon find out the child will mirror what they see you (the parent) do. If you have a child that is resistant, you can tell him/her to at least try the vegetable before saying they don...read more