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The Food Chain: How to enjoy eating with your own children

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How to enjoy eating with your own children

29/10/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, How to enjoy eating with your own children

Three parents explain how they persuaded their children to behave better at mealtimes

Three parents explain how they persuaded their children to behave better at mealtimes.

Mealtimes with small children, whether they are your own or someone else's, can be a far from relaxing experience. Dinner with a toddler can be a wild affair, leaving the adults around the table exhausted. Is this a key part of a child’s learning, or should we get in quick and teach table manners in the high chair? How can a parent banish mealtime battles and  turn a child into a dream dinner companion? And what can we tell about our attitudes to food and parenting philosophies when we look at how we teach our children to eat?

Emily Thomas meets three parents from around the globe, who’ve mastered the art of a chilled family mealtime.

Contributors: Pamela Druckerman, author of French Children Don’t Throw Food, Sherlyn Kim, CEO of Molly Manners Korea and Vaishali Sudan Sharma of The Champa Tree parenting blog.

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