Nutrition Science and Everyday Application - beta v 0.1

608 ALICE CALLAHAN, PHD, HEATHER LEONARD, MED, RDN, AND TAMBERLY POWELL, MS, RDN
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The division of responsibility is built on the trust that children know when they are hungry
and full, that they want to eat, and that they want to learn to eat grown-up foods. Parents
can best support their child’s eating by providing the structure of family sit-down meals
and snacks and modeling relaxed, enjoyable eating. The division of responsibility is an
authoritative approach, providing structure and limits, but allowing the child autonomy
within those limits. At meals and snack times, parents promote children’s independence by
allowing them to pick and choose foods from what has been made available and deciding
how much of each to eat.
As your child learns to eat grown-up foods, every day will look slightly different—some
days eating a lot and other days eating very little. Don’t cross the division of responsibility
and pressure your child to eat more or less of something; this kind of pressure backfires.
Pressure can be positive: praise, rewards, bribing, making special food, playing games,