What now? If you’ve been listening to the “What Every Parent Should Know About Feeding” series, you know that we shouldn’t pressure kids in ways that interfere with their natural appetite regulation. Does that mean we have to abandon all boundaries? Of course not! This episode details Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility so parents can tell what they should control and what control to give to kids to diffuse power struggles and help them develop a healthy lifelong relationship with food.

Parents decide:

1. What food to offer

2. Where to offer food

3. When to offer food

Kids decide:

1. How much to eat

2. Whether or not to eat