If you're a parent struggling to get your child to eat a "proper" meal, have you ever been told, "Just make them eat!"? Or, "Just starve them and they'll eat anything!"?

In this episode, Dr. Kaye Napalinga, developmental and behavioral pediatrician with special training in feeding issues, empowers us with insights on: 

• what exactly goes into the feeding process
• why "just make them eat" or "just starve them" actually sets us up for frustration and stress
• what we can look at and what to do instead

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Picky Eaters vs Problem Feeders Questionnaire from the SOS Approach to Feeding
• Picky eating on the Discerning Parenting blog and podcast

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