As part of interviews with hundreds of 3-to-5-year-olds, we found a group of preschoolers who devoured broccoli because they were pretending to be dinosaurs eating a "dinosaur tree." With a different group of children, we let them choose what they wanted from a buffet lunch, but changed the name of the foods each day. When regular peas were renamed "power peas," the number of children who ate them doubled. When we renamed a tomato-based vegetable juice "Rainforest Smoothie," we ran out of it.
Rather than begging or nagging your children to eat their vegetables, come up with some words that make them seem cool or special. Choose phrases or expressions from their favorite bedtime story or TV program. If they're a bit older, telling a story about the recipe might make it seem more enticing.
Its worth a shot! Thanks :)
Thats funny, because we call broccoli "trees" all the time with our kids, and it's one of their favorite veggies. There is obviously something to this theory. I'll have to try "power peas" sometime. Thanks for the cool idea.
Its worth a shot! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThats funny, because we call broccoli "trees" all the time with our kids, and it's one of their favorite veggies. There is obviously something to this theory. I'll have to try "power peas" sometime. Thanks for the cool idea.
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