37. How to Help Your Kids with Gentle Nutrition

Raising kids who enjoy nutrition and have a healthy relationship with food can feel like a daunting challenge, so let’s discuss what to do and what not to do in order to help your kiddos foster a neutral relationship with food and expand their understanding of their nutritional needs.

As a parent, aunt, grandmother, etc., you want your kids to be healthy and eat plenty of nutrient dense foods, but you don’t want to contribute to the development of disordered habits, so it’s important we learn how to discuss and present nutritionally beneficial foods to our children. 

In today’s episode, we’ll talk about how to implement gentle nutrition in your kids’ lives and expand their food choices to include a greater variety of nutrients. We’ll specifically look at some of the biggest mistakes I see when parents and family are trying to have conversations about food with their kids and better ways to approach these conversations and situations surrounding eating and body image.

***Get access to the Nourishing Menus Workshop here.  Here’s what you get with it 👇🏻: 

• My full gentle nutrition menu planning training

• A comprehensive workbook that includes tons of no-recipe needed meal ideas

• Gentle nutrition ingredient additions

• My favorite grocery staples to keep on hand for quick and easy nutrient-dense meals

• The Gently Nourished meal formula to help you build a balanced plate

Got a burning question about gentle nutrition? Leave me a SpeakPipe voice note here for a chance to have your question answered on an episode of The Joy-Filled Eater Podcast!

*Reminder - Podcast content is not meant to be taken as professional nutrition or medical advice or to replace counseling with a licensed therapist. Please consult with your own treatment team.