Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

Stop Making Mealtime a Challenge

Nov 21, 2023

This podcast offers guidance on handling mealtime challenges with children, including creating trust, rituals, and a distraction-free environment. It focuses on teaching children to sit and stay seated during meals, supporting a child's autonomy, trusting children's instincts, and exploring power dynamics in mealtime.

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Establish rituals and rules to create a positive and focused mealtime environment.

Shift the focus from controlling a child's eating to creating a trusting and supportive mealtime environment.

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Setting up mealtime rituals and rules

Meal times can be a challenge for parents, but they don't have to be. The key is to establish rituals and rules around mealtime to create a positive and focused environment. Start by encouraging sitting during meals, as it promotes mindfulness and eliminates distractions. Sitting also ensures safety and teaches basic manners. Setting this habit early, with clear expectations and a calm approach, helps children develop healthy eating habits and connects them to their body's messages of hunger and fullness. By offering food in a positive way for a limited time and trusting our child's instincts, we empower them to make appropriate food choices.

Introduction

3min

Creating Trust and Rituals for Successful Meal Times

5min

Teaching Children to Sit and Stay Seated During Mealtime

12min

Supporting a Child's Autonomy during Mealtime

10min

Trusting Children's Instincts and Developing Healthy Eating Habits

2min

Exploring Power Dynamics and Over Control in Mealtime

2min

A parent of a 27-month-old writes that her son refuses to come to the table when called and will not sit in his chair during meals. This parent says they’ve tried just removing his food when he isn't cooperating, but then “he ends up hangry… and it’s so difficult to get anything done.” So, they’ve resorted to feeding him through distractions and by following him around with food at home, in the park, and in his Yes Space while he’s playing. Eventually, he finishes a meal. Janet offers this family a shift in perspective and mealtime guidelines that not only encourage healthy eating but eliminate stress for us and our kids.

Learn more about Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" at: NoBadKidsCourse.com.

Her best-selling books “No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame” and "Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting" are available in all formats at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and free at Audible (https://adbl.co/2OBVztZ) with a trial subscription.

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