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Picky Eater? Why Your Parenting Style Didn't Cause It | Katie Kimball
Katie Kimball, TEDx speaker and author of The Picky Eater Playbook, says the research shows your parenting style can't actually create a picky eater, though it can make picky eating worse. Sometimes the cause is physical: a tongue too weak to move food, low-level pain, or senses that are overwhelmed.
I asked her about the five Ps of picky eating, why "just take one bite" and even praise still count as pressure, and the one phrase every parent needs at the table. She also explains why spacing out snacks may help kids come to dinner with an appetite.
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