Is it okay to force them to eat?
This is highly recommended. Once, my father and I put green leafy vegetables that my daughter didn't like into her bowl many times, but my daughter's reaction was either not to see them left in the bowl, or simply to pick out the vegetables she didn't like and put them on the table with chopsticks or spoons. In short, forcing them to eat can not correct their picky eaters, but will stimulate their resistance and aggravate their resistance to certain foods.
So what can be done to make children accept food that they don't like so much more calmly and smoothly?
Here, parents must first know how picky their children are.
Take us adults for example, we also have things we don't like to eat. For example, I don't like fat meat, eggplant and celery. Father doesn't like to eat young garlic shoots, cabbage and beans, but the nutrition of these foods can be obtained by eating other foods, so as to ensure a balanced nutrition and ensure our own health. Then it is normal for children to be picky about certain foods, as long as they are not resistant to a large class of foods, such as not eating vegetables or fruits, but are resistant to certain foods and have little effect on children's nutritional intake. In this regard, parents don't have to be too nervous. It is enough to ensure a balanced intake of staple food, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits and other major foods in the daily diet arrangement, and there is no need to worry about children's picky eaters of a certain food.
Knowing this, parents and friends will certainly be less anxious. However, parents still want their children to eat a little of everything, especially healthy green vegetables. Is there any way to help children try to get in touch?
First, let children participate in the cooking process.
Specifically, parents can take their children to supermarkets or markets to buy food. Children's curiosity often urges them to buy some vegetables that look bright, including green leafy vegetables that they don't like. After buying vegetables, parents can encourage their children to try to choose vegetables and wash them clean. When all the dishes are ready for the table, parents emphasize to their children that they chose and cleaned them themselves. That sense of participation in labor is likely to stimulate children to try and gradually accept food they didn't like.
Second, constantly put the dishes that children don't like on the table.
In order to make their children eat better, some parents deliberately avoid foods that their children don't like. Here, my suggestion is that parents don't have to avoid food that their children don't like, but they can put these dishes on the table every day. You know, children's tastes are not immutable. Just because they don't like eating today doesn't mean they don't love tomorrow. They see the same dish at the dinner table every day, and it is inevitable that one day they will have a strong curiosity and want to try it. What if they like it?
Third, parents should do a good job of guidance.
This is very important. Although each of us has our own dietary preferences, at the dinner table, in order to cultivate children's good eating habits, parents are advised to hide their "picky eaters" so as not to be imitated by children. In addition, parents can stutter about the dishes that children don't like very much, showing a delicious look. This exaggerated performance can often arouse children's curiosity and make them want to taste it. As long as there is a first step to try, then it is not far from acceptance.
In short, children should not be too nervous about picky eaters. There are still some things that adults don't like to eat, let alone children.