The process of developing children’s proper nutrition and good eating behaviors involves the patience, effort, cultivation, enterprise and responsibility of parents. It tells us the philosophy that parents and children grow up in tandem. The following ten tricks to make children like to eat, try it! Tip 1: Create a relaxed dining atmosphere. Fully follow the laws of character development of children, so that children in the first stages of life healthy and happy growth. Eating is the first need for human survival, but also the first hedonistic. Forcing, tempting, bribing or threatening children to complete the standard ration set by their mothers can result in adverse psychological effects. Allow your child to eat independently, and allow older children to choose their own meal times or set their own meal sizes in their own way. You can also invite your child’s peers to gather for a meal. Depending on the individual and the situation, make the meal process full of confidence and happiness. Tip #2: Set “table rules. The implementation of good meal rules will help children to develop good habits. Rule one: there is a fixed time and place for meals, and children have their own special cutlery. Rule 2: Each meal should take no more than 25 minutes to eat. Rule 3: No TV during meals. Rule 4: Good table manners. Tip 3: Establish a platform for praise. When children begin to cooperate, consciously comply with the “table rules”, parents can give encouragement through small rewards, this “reward” is not food, but should be the child like and accept the way, such as telling stories, buy a toy, a picture book, or weekend family A weekend trip to the park, etc. Sometimes even the slightest improvement in performance should be met with immediate praise, a thumbs up or a hug. But remember, praise should not break the rules at the same time. Tip 4: Change the taste of meals. Children usually like sweet and sour, braised and ketchup dishes. Parents may wish to consult their children, the main food types in addition to rice, there can be bread, dumplings, wontons, etc.; rice can also be varied, adding corn, beans, diced meat, etc. in the rice, the color looks good, nutrition is also in place. Tip 5: Humanize parenting strategies. Adults do everything to help feed the situation is very common, always worried about the children on the dining table, floor and clothes are soup, vegetable water and rice grains and do not allow children to eat on their own. Children over 3 years old are more proficient in using chopsticks and spoons and should be encouraged to finish eating within the prescribed time. Do not keep reminding your child to “Don’t move!” because you are afraid he or she will choke or get dirty. “Don’t drop any grains of rice!” This will cause your child to lose confidence and appetite. Tip 6: Invite your child into the kitchen. Children love to play kitchen games, you can take local materials, so that children directly involved in the cooking process. If the mother is cooking, give him a temporarily unused pot, spatula, plastic bowls and some dishes, to help him in the kitchen door “another pot and stove”, a decent way to cook and boil vegetables. If you are making dumplings at home, wash his hands and give him some dough to make with his mother. Whenever this happens, the child is especially happy. Then, cook the dumplings he made together in the pot, and he eats them especially well. The fun, the warmth of the mother-child relationship are plastic kitchen toys can not reach. Tip 7: The power of parental example is infinite. Parents lead by example, family members together to comply with the rules of the table, such as everyone pay attention to who is not yet sitting at the table, so that children feel not only in the meal, but also enjoyable mealtime. Whenever possible, exclude triggers for children to play during meals, and stagger TV watching with mealtime whenever possible. When a child reaches the age of about three, he should be guided to sit obediently and eat at the same table with adults. This is true whether the child eats a lot or a little. No need for parents to try to coerce and entice, children will feel from their parents: eating is no longer a burden, but a pleasure, a joy. Parents will be surprised to find that some simple methods will work like magic and children will no longer just eat and leave food on the plate. Children will also understand how to control their diet according to their needs, while starting to try to eat some fresh and healthy foods. Tip 8: Use proverbs, sayings and jingles. For example, “eat radish in winter, eat ginger in summer, no need for doctors to prescribe”, “an apple a day, the doctor does not look for me”, “radish and cabbage each have their own love”, “green vegetables and tofu nutrition”. “These words are easy to understand and childish, and most children love to hear and understand them. It is also practical to use small stories to inspire children’s interest in food. Example: so-and-so grew up drinking milk, so that he grew so tall and became a champion; so-and-so animation king, very fond of eating fish to be so smart and capable. Parents appreciate the expression of exaggerated language, often induce children’s appetite. Tip 9: increase the amount of outdoor activities. Insufficient exercise or activity intensity, less consumption, will also lack of hunger. A certain amount of exercise must be scheduled for the child every day. Some do have a small appetite. At the same time, there are stages of adjustment in the growth of the child, for example, a three-year-old child will have a period of smaller appetite, which is a physiological adjustment. Give the right amount of snacks after activity, one in quantity and two in time (no snacking one hour before meal). If there is a sudden decrease in the amount of meals after exercise, is it too much intensity or a stomach upset, or is it an emotional problem. The mother should observe carefully, analyze calmly and address the problem in a targeted manner. Tip 10: Give your child the freedom to choose. Like adults, children have good and bad food choices. To some extent, the child’s picky eating is a manifestation of the child’s developing “self-awareness”, which means that the child is learning to make his or her own decisions and wants to choose food according to his or her own preferences. You can allow your child to have some choice, let your child choose to arrange tableware and seating, and intersperse meals with light-hearted communication about food and nutrition education. For a particular food picky, the mother can adopt some tone of suggestion (example: what to eat first and then what to eat second, you can mix it with a certain kind of dish ah.) Allowing choice is never to cater to the child’s picky eating, if the child’s appetite and appetite changes due to physical reasons, do not show excessive worry and anxiety in front of the child, and not overly accommodating, appropriate adjustment of food varieties, after a period of time will naturally return to normal.