‘Teaching our children eating habits? My husband and I are not on the same page at all’

‘I myself grew up with a tense relationship around food. And I promised myself that I would do things differently with my children,” says the woman. ‘I use the method in which we as parents determine what is eaten, and my child decides how much of it he eats.’

She got there by reading countless books and joining Facebook groups on the subject. “I feel like that has had a positive impact on how my kids view and react to food. The only problem is that my husband sees and does it completely differently. He thinks we should tell the kids that they can’t eat sweets and cookies all day because that’s what they will do as adults. And that’s it.’

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“Our daughter is now four. We serve dessert on the same plate as the main meal, to show that we don’t give dessert more value’, she continues. ‘But my husband calls the dessert ‘candy’. He uses words like “healthy” and “dirty” or “special treat.” While I think every dish should just be called by its name. And the way he talks about food is now starting to take over our daughter.’

Her husband refuses to read books about eating behavior in children and does not want to join one of the Facebook groups where she is. “He says he respects what I teach the kids, but he just isn’t interested in it himself. That worries me. How on earth can I make it clear to him that his aversion to this will cause our children to derail their eating habits?’

Source: Today