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Growing up I had always wondered why children are so picky when they are at a younger age. Having served in a restaurant for over three years now, I would always come across the children who only get chicken nuggets and french-fries – which is a high majority of them. It always crosses my mind of “Why are children so picky all of the time?” There are the occasional kids who come through and order some of the strangest things -one time I had a parent and two twin girls come into Outback Steakhouse and the girls both ordered something very strange and different.” Out of curiosity I asked the mother and girls what prompted them to chose the dishes they did and the little girls boastfully announced they were in a “Try …show more content…
The five mistakes the article states are 1) You say one thing and do another, 2) You force it, 3) You instill too many rules, 4) You fight about it, and 5) You make it a big deal. (Charlotte, Markey. 2016, September 1). If you just take a look at all of these you can assume they are all pretty similar, but most parents are guilty of these things. I know this firsthand because when I was young I used to eat little to nothing so my parents would make me sit at the table until I finished at least half of my food. One time I had to sit at the table for over an hour because I wouldn’t eat my baked potato, so the result of that was me acting like I didn’t like potatoes for 6 years just so I didn’t have to eat them one time. Imagine 6 whole years without them. (What was I thinking?!) Anyways, this article goes into depth about the roles parents have in their kids eating habits and how to veer them away from unhealthy junk …show more content…
I totally agree with this, but it is something that is so hard to accomplish. Do you completely take away junk food? How can you possibly stop your kids from craving sweets? Well, she talks about how you can set good examples for your children. Like, monkey see monkey do. If you set good examples for your children, then they will follow in your
Growing up I had always wondered why children are so picky when they are at a younger age. Having served in a restaurant for over three years now, I would always come across the children who only get chicken nuggets and french-fries – which is a high majority of them. It always crosses my mind of “Why are children so picky all of the time?” There are the occasional kids who come through and order some of the strangest things -one time I had a parent and two twin girls come into Outback Steakhouse and the girls both ordered something very strange and different.” Out of curiosity I asked the mother and girls what prompted them to chose the dishes they did and the little girls boastfully announced they were in a “Try …show more content…
The five mistakes the article states are 1) You say one thing and do another, 2) You force it, 3) You instill too many rules, 4) You fight about it, and 5) You make it a big deal. (Charlotte, Markey. 2016, September 1). If you just take a look at all of these you can assume they are all pretty similar, but most parents are guilty of these things. I know this firsthand because when I was young I used to eat little to nothing so my parents would make me sit at the table until I finished at least half of my food. One time I had to sit at the table for over an hour because I wouldn’t eat my baked potato, so the result of that was me acting like I didn’t like potatoes for 6 years just so I didn’t have to eat them one time. Imagine 6 whole years without them. (What was I thinking?!) Anyways, this article goes into depth about the roles parents have in their kids eating habits and how to veer them away from unhealthy junk …show more content…
I totally agree with this, but it is something that is so hard to accomplish. Do you completely take away junk food? How can you possibly stop your kids from craving sweets? Well, she talks about how you can set good examples for your children. Like, monkey see monkey do. If you set good examples for your children, then they will follow in your