Today, I’m excited to share Part 2 of my conversation with Katie Kimball of Raising Healthy Families.
In Part 1, we discussed why kids become picky eaters and how to uncover what’s really going on. Today, in Part 2, we explore real-life examples, including dinner battles, kids who refuse to try new foods, and teens who live on carbs, and Katie explains how getting kids into the kitchen helps them take ownership of both their choices and their health for life.
If you haven’t done so already, please listen to Part 1 first.
Ways to Help Children Take Ownership of Their Food Choices
- Limit dessert to once a day, and let your child choose when to have it
- Keep introducing new foods without pressuring your child to eat them
- Teach children to listen to their body
- Help children understand how food fuels their bodies
- Gradually allow older children more responsibility for their food choices
Bio:
Katie Kimball of Raising Healthy Families is on a mission to connect families around healthy food and teach every child to cook! Her TEDx talk “Picky Eating Isn’t About the Food” inspired a membership called The Picky Eating Playbook, and now a book being published in November 2026 through Familius Press.
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In this episode:
- Why dessert should not be a reward for eating other foods
- How to limit sugar without forbidding it entirely
- How to make conversations about food less stressful for picky eaters
- Ways to help picky eaters become more familiar with new foods
- Why children sometimes reject foods they previously enjoyed
- How to help teenagers become more willing to eat a wider variety of foods
- The value of teaching children to cook
- Ways to avoid emotional eating in children
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