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“My child is not eating at all.”
"He wouldn't care if he didn't eat all day."
"He won't eat all day unless I force him to eat." We can hear from many parents that some children are very picky in food, eat only one way, and are very reluctant to eat.
From infancy, children discover that they can influence and control their families by eating or not eating. By complicating things while eating, they can attract the attention of their families, and they may choose not to eat in response to the mother or father they are angry with.
Various suggestions for parents who have difficulties in this process;
- It is important that the child does not feel that his or her eating or not eating can affect the feelings of the parent.
-How much the child eats at home should not be on the agenda, the issue of food should not be talked about all the time, and parents should not display insistent attitudes about food.
- It is appropriate for all members of the family to sit at the table together, if possible, at mealtimes, and to serve a modest portion that the child can eat.
- The plate of the child who does not eat his meal is taken from the table at the end of the meal time and no alternative food is given until the next meal and the same attitude is displayed at the next meal, which will enable the child to gain awareness of the meal order at home and the determination of the parent.
- The child should be given the opportunity to feel hungry at home, and alternative options should not be created by giving small snacks because the child does not eat.
- It is not right for an adult in the house to insist that the child who gets up from the dinner table at meal time and resists eating, goes with a plate and eats a few more spoons.
In addition, it is extremely important to take care not to share with different people in areas where your child can hear that he is picky in food.