The Worry Garden: Helping Kids Overcome Fear of New Foods and Build Mealtime Confidence with Lum Frundi, EP 131
That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting StressShow Notes
Send us Fan Mail Picky eating, food battles, and “just eat one more bite” can turn meals into a stress storm for both parents and kids. In this episode of That’s Good Parenting, pediatrician and new children’s book author, Dr. Lum Frundi shares a completely new way to look at food anxiety and how it feels through your child's eyes. Dr. Lum shares why so many kids shut down at the sight of new foods, how our well-meaning language about “picky eaters” can actually reinforce fear, and how her ne...
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