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Highlights
- Raise a healthy child who is a joy to feed Dietitian and family therapist Ellyn Satter says feeding well isn't just about raising a confident and joyful eater.
- Author(s): Ellyn Marie Satter
- 330 Pages
- Health + Wellness, Children's Health
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Book Synopsis
Raise a healthy child who is a joy to feed
Dietitian and family therapist Ellyn Satter says feeding well isn't just about raising a confident and joyful eater. It is about raising a confident and joyful person. In order to parent well with feeding, parents need to be freed from the maddening and impossible expectation of getting their child to eat certain foods and grow in certain ways. In her many years of practice, Satter has found that trying for those outcomes makes parents and children miserable and turns children into picky eaters who eat too much or too little and behave so poorly that they spoil family meals. This great gift to parents and professionals guides parents in making the world a loving and accepting place for children by following the Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding (sDOR). Parents do the what, when and where of feeding and trust their child to do the how much and whether of eating the food that they, the parents, provide. Children whose parents follow sDOR do better nutritionally; enjoy food, eating, and family meals; learn to eat new food; and grow in the way that is right for them.
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In her usual warm and entertaining fashion, filled with feeding stories and a gossipy take on the research literature, Satter demonstrates that sDOR works. It works for all children: big, small, and in-between, cautious to adventurous, typical children as well as those who have challenges. sDOR works with children who have medical conditions such as diabetes or cystic fibrosis, and children with genetic syndromes. sDOR even works for children on tube feedings by allowing them to feel good about food and eating and participate comfortably in family meals. In short, sDOR works to raise a self-confident child who is healthy and just the size they need to be.
Review Quotes
"I love the content of Ellyn Satter's Child of Mine--so detailed, specific, authoritative, genuine, and friendly. I wish I had this book to read and re-read when I was starting out! Cristen Harris, PhD, nutrition professor and parent" -Cristen Harris, PhD, professor and parent
"The Child of Mine advice works! My daughter now gets her cookie with her lunch and eats it after or while she eats the rest. No more bargaining about how many bites to earn her cookie!" -Karen
"Child of Minehas made a big difference with our picky-eating son. He has tried at least three "new" foods in the past two weeks." -Amanda, parent
"How to Get Your Kid to Eat is about parenting, not just about feeding kids. The author's easy-going attitude and conviction that everything will turn out okay helped me stop stressing and not worry so much about a complicated job." - Janine, parent
"How to Get Your Kid to Eat taught me to say--and mean it--"you don't have to eat that if you don't want to." The improvements in our family dinners have been staggering." Sheryl parent
I'm enjoying reading How to Get Your Kid to Eat for my maternal and child nutrition class. It is revealing how withholding, controlling, or forcing food on kids does the opposite of what you intend." - Mariah, health science student"Your Child's Weight is much needed, for those of us feeling berated into doing something but end up ignoring weight issues for fear of doing more harm than good." -James McGuire, MD, FAAP, pediatrician
"Brilliant! Your Child's Weight totally changes everything you thought you knew about child weight management! Satter's emphasis on providing, not depriving, supports good parenting." -Patty Nell Morse, RD, CDE
"I was so moved when Your Child's Weight described my own childhood troubles with food. This book is helping me reparent myself into a healthier and kinder relationship with food." -Katherine, parent
"I tell my clients the title could be "Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Me!" It gives so much positive information about how to eat well without all the restrictions and nutrition and diet nonsense." Marsha Hudnal, MS, RD, CD
"I can't tell you how often I refer to Secrets--for myself and others--as my favorite all-around nutrition book." -Jon Robinson, health educator
"Secrets has been life-changing. I watch other moms hover and struggle to get their child to take a bite of this and a bite of that. I just sit back and we enjoy eating together." -Laurie, Parent