Over the years working in childcare I have however come up against many children who aren't, and many parents who are desperate to get their children eating healthier food.
I have come up with several techniques and tools for parents in my time.
One we made for all our children was a 5 a day tracker; a laminated picture of a plate with 5 white circles on it. Along with the plate each child was given a set of laminated fruit and vegetable images which they could stick into the plate after they had eaten each daily portion, we left it to the parents to decide the reward scheme that ran alongside it.
This post is a chance for parents to share their own ideas when meeting the challenge of ensuring our children get their 5 a day, do you hide the vegetables? Do you have mealtimes battles everyday?
The challenge of raising children who hopefully grow up understanding the importance of having fruit and vegetables in their diet, and having them enjoy the flavours and diversity of a healthy diet is one most parents will agree on.
Even if we pop to the kebab house occasionally, Ssssssh.
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