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Don't Start a Food Fight

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It's stressful and exhausting, and you're frustrated. You've just whipped up a nice healthy snack, and you hope that, please, just this once, your kid will eat it with a smile, all the while beaming with thankfulness for your effort.

But that doesn't ever seem to happen, does it? And you feel that familiar anger building up inside and the next thing you know you're shouting at your kid. And she's screaming, crying, and yelling back at you.

The easy thing to do is give in and let your little one eat whatever she wants. But, that can't be right, can it?

Maybe, within limits, it's the best thing to do. If you think this whole healthy eating and trying new foods thing is worth a fight, maybe your child is learning that his boxed mac and cheese for dinner is worth defending. So the battle begins, and nobody wins.