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Title Page

A few pages to read first

PART ONE: THE GHETTO OF ‘CHILDREN’S FOOD’

The modern ‘children’s diet’

‘Picky-eater’ culture

Parents’ attitudes

The rot begins with those little jars

Staggered eating

Sweets as food

Crisp crazy

The flickering screen

Gift-wrapped junk

Goodbye dinner lady, hello cash cafeteria

Child (un)friendly restaurants

PART TWO: BREAKING THE MOULD AT HOME

The real-food approach

Getting the message across

Spending priorities

The ‘tunnel effect’ and how to prevent it

Eating together and why it matters

The ‘never-satisfied’ snacker

Don’t keep food you don’t want children to eat

Presentation, boredom and the ‘yuck’ reaction

Sweets, treats and bans

Good food that children like

What children should drink

Healthier look-alike alternatives to common ‘children’s foods’

PART THREE: THE GENTLE ART OF PERSUASION

Dealing with children who say no

Avoiding the same old mistakes

Setting up a cooperative food relationship

Refining objections to food

Serving up praise by the bucketload

Making mealtimes work

The scope for insistence

Giving in gracefully but …

PART FOUR: GETTING IT RIGHT WITH BABIES AND TODDLERS

You know best

The essential blender

Introducing the world of food

Pesticide residue risks and the organic alternative

PART FIVE: INFLUENCING WHAT CHILDREN EAT WHEN YOU’RE NOT THERE

What you can expect from childcarers

Negotiating with nurseries and playgroups

The friend’s house

School food

PART SIX: TESTING SITUATIONS

Shopping tips

Car trips

Birthday parties

Grandparents’ houses

PART SEVEN: CONSOLIDATING YOUR EFFORTS

Encouraging children to cook

The fun and skill of food shopping

The fascinating world of restaurant food

Exercising junior tastebuds

PART EIGHT: NITTY-GRITTY IDEAS AND RECIPES FOR INSPIRATION

Twenty-five good snacks

Ten main courses that both adults and children like

Ten good drinks

Ten good packed lunches

Ten ways to get children to eat vegetables

Ten ideas for making eating more fun

Ten easy recipes that children can make

Appendix: Checklist of Additives to Avoid

Index

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Other Works

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