The American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Toilet Training
Peace at the Table:
The Whys and Hows of Nurturance
One of our favorite cartoons is "Baby Blues," by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott. A young couple have two children, a preschooler and an infant. In one strip, the preschooler climbs up on a stool next to her mother and asks, "What are you cooking?"
"Chicken and rice," her mother answers.
The child screws up her face, throws herself on the floor, and writhes, yelling, "Bleah! Yuk! Gaak!"
In the last box, she lies quietly on the floor and asks, "What's that taste like?"
What we hope this book will do, among other things, is help you to be calm and effectual when faced with situations such as this.
Meals: Time to Relax and Enjoy
"Nurture" means "to care for" and "to feed." As we nurture our children, we often allow food to become an indicator of how well we are doing our job. As a result, food turns into a measure of how much our children love us and obey us, rather than a source of energy and nutrients. Food becomes ...
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