Sharing The Best Resources & Tools

CAROLE AND NADIM SAAD, CO-FOUNDERS OF BEST OF PARENTING

As the parents of three children, struggling like so many others to find a balanced and effective parenting style, we turned away from all the parenting fads and studied the hard scientific evidence on what really works. The techniques we learnt were so life changing, yet so straightforward, that we made it our mission to convert them into powerful step by step tools and make them available to parents world over. Read more about the philosophy behind Best of Parenting.

Sharing The Best Resources & Tools

CAROLE AND NADIM SAAD, CO-FOUNDERS OF BEST OF PARENTING

As the parents of three children, struggling like so many others to find a balanced and effective parenting style, we turned away from all the parenting fads and studied the hard scientific evidence on what really works. The techniques we learnt were so life changing, yet so straightforward, that we made it our mission to convert them into powerful step by step tools and make them available to parents world over. Read more about the philosophy behind Best of Parenting.

Refusing to eat or picky eating

December 16th, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Short Tips and Quotes | Mealtime |

This works really well:

GIVE A CHOICE:

  • Allow your children to feel some control over their lives by asking them to choose between two options that suit you.
  • For example:  “Would you like to eat peas or carrots first?”

Here is another suggestion:

 “I” STATEMENT:

  • Your “I” Statement is telling your child what is acceptable to you.
  • Example ”I give desserts to children who eat their meal”.
  • This statement needs to be voiced positively (unlike a threat) in order to reduce the potential power struggle over finishing the meal.
  • It needs to start with “I” or “my” (and if speaking for the family or couple, it starts with “we” or “our”).
  • Remember that your statement must be one that you can actually enforce.

 

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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Refusing to eat or picky eating

December 16th, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Mealtime |

This works really well:

GIVE A CHOICE:

  • Allow your children to feel some control over their lives by asking them to choose between two options that suit you.
  • For example:  “Would you like to eat peas or carrots first?”

Here is another suggestion:

 “I” STATEMENT:

  • Your “I” Statement is telling your child what is acceptable to you.
  • Example ”I give desserts to children who eat their meal”.
  • This statement needs to be voiced positively (unlike a threat) in order to reduce the potential power struggle over finishing the meal.
  • It needs to start with “I” or “my” (and if speaking for the family or couple, it starts with “we” or “our”).
  • Remember that your statement must be one that you can actually enforce.

 

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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Refusing to eat or picky eating

December 16th, 2013 | 3 to 6 years | Short Tips and Quotes | Mealtime |

This works really well:

GIVE A CHOICE:

  • Allow your children to feel some control over their lives by asking them to choose between two options that suit you.
  • For example:  “Would you like to eat peas or carrots first?”

Here is another suggestion:

 “I” STATEMENT:

  • Your “I” Statement is telling your child what is acceptable to you.
  • Example ”I give desserts to children who eat their meal”.
  • This statement needs to be voiced positively (unlike a threat) in order to reduce the potential power struggle over finishing the meal.
  • It needs to start with “I” or “my” (and if speaking for the family or couple, it starts with “we” or “our”).
  • Remember that your statement must be one that you can actually enforce.

 

These are just a few examples of our Best of Parenting Tools. You can find more ideas and solutions to typical parenting challenges in our book ‘Kids Don’t Come With a Manual – The Essential Guide to a Happy Family Life‘. 

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