In this episode of Becoming Anchored, licensed therapist Laura Deneen is joined by Nicole Cruz. Nicole is a Registered Dietitian who owns her own private practice, based in Southern California.
Together we discuss helpful tools to help parents raise children to be intuitive eaters.
Key Takeaways:
- Use Neutral Language With Food: Nicole encourages parents to explore what type of language they are using around food. Using language such as: fun foods, healthy, or unhealthy foods can create shame or guilt in children. We encourage labeling foods in concrete terms, such as calling a fruit a fruit.
- Children Know How To Regulate: Laura and Nicole discuss the idea that children have internal cues around food. If parents decide what children should or should not eat, it can take away from their ability to notice internal cues. Nicole notes that when children feel safe around food and with their caregivers, they experience permission to stop when they are full or eat more of that food when they are hungry. Children can self-regulate if their parents teach them to listen to their body cues and have a variety of foods available.
- Explore Your Beliefs Around Food: Parents often have their own beliefs about food, whether it comes from messages from their own family of origin, society, or social media. We encourage parents to do their own work around their beliefs and remind them that there is no pressure to be perfect with teaching your children about food. The goal here is to help you trust yourself with food and create a safe environment for your children and their food.
This episode is full of insights around learning to trust your children’s body cues as well as creating safe environments around food for your children. It has helpful tips on exploring your own relationship with food and messages you received around food. Join us as we explore how to raise your children to be intuitive eaters.
Affirmation: “Trust that you are never doing it wrong and wherever you are at is where you are supposed to be.”
Homework: Explore how you are parenting around food and make changes that align with what you want for your child.
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