Dr. T. Berry Brazelton is about to become your kids’ new
hero. In today’s New York Times Well Blog, he colorfully answers readers'
questions about their children’s health, and gets the ball rolling with a firm
admonition against vegetables.
Forget about veggies, he says. Battling your
child to eat any particular food will only backfire in extended dietary
struggles throughout your kid’s childhood. Buy a multivitamin for those picky eating years, and save yourself and your kids some headaches.
If you do feel like getting creative, Dr. Brazelton suggests Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious cookbook. But he cautions against getting bent out of shape over any dietary experiments with your kids. Instead, he says, “keep mealtimes relaxing and enjoyable, and focus talk on fun things, but
not on food.”
For Dr. Bazelton’s advice on Vitamin D supplements, low
cholesterol diets, and calorie counts, visit the Well Blog.
