Meals Without Tears
How to Get Your Child to Eat Healthily & Happily
By Rana Conway
September 2007
Pearson Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications 
ISBN: 9780273712688
224 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"
$33.50 Paper
Sometimes in our family lives we come across particular problems that we
struggle to overcome. This new series of books from Prentice Hall Life will
help parents find solutions to specific, yet common, parenting problems.
Stress-free Parenting: Meals without Tears is quick and easy to
use, giving fast advice to stressed out parents. Dealing with just one issue
means that help is focused and parents can easily access the guidance and
techniques they need.
The book will also help parents to identify, understand and alleviate their own
stresses around eating and mealtimes and help them to recognize the flashpoints
and triggers for problems.
Contents
- Fussy eating
- Why might a child be a fussy eater?
- Routes to resolve for the child and parent
- Limited diet
- Why do children like certain foods and not others
- How to expand
- Refusal to eat at the table
- Why might the child refuse to eat at the table
- Why is it important?
- Best routes to encourage happy meal times for the child and parent
- Foods and food habits to avoid and why?
The aim of the series to enable parents to remove stress from parenting:
to help them resolve problems quickly with straightforward solutions that
can be used time and time again.
Chapter 1
(What to Know) What is normal for different ages
Aim: to reassure parents, to help them consider their expectations of their
children and themselves.
Should parents think about what their own children are doing so they can
judge where they are?
Chapter 2: Help, My child has turned into someone else
(What to expect) How might your child behave at different times.
In behaviour: tantrums, defiance, hitting other children or snatching
(What to do) How best to resolve the problems - what are the core principles
for resolving issues?
Chapters 3-6
- Extended Tantrums
- Rudeness and swearing
- Hitting and kicking
- Defiance
(What to know and expect) Other issues: How can they arise and play out?
What can happen? - in terms of spirals of behaviour reinforced
(What to do) What can parents do to resolve the behaviour?
Chapter 7
What are the key qualities/skills to make family life more enjoyable?
Realistic expectations
Being positive
Listening
Consistency
Engaging with your child
Having times and routines that you and your children can enjoy together
Chapter 8
What about you?
Other factors for parents to bear in mind that may be causing them stress.
Timeline: how soon can a parent expect to see a change for themselves and
their children
Advice for the parent if they hit a setback
Conclusion
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