In today’s episode Joanne talks about how to talk about food with your child if you are trying to take the pressure off them and especially if you have a fussy or anxious eater.

She goes over why it’s important to be careful about how we talk about food at the table, and then gives some suggestions for ways that we can talk when exploring food with our child, that isn’t linked to their being pressured to eat.

Don’t forget that there are many stages to eating and tasting is just the final one.

As always, if you think your child might need some additional help with their eating if they're showing a lot of anxiety around food or if they have a very small or diminishing range of safe foods, then please do talk to a professional about it, you can find qualified professionals via the British Dietetic Association website.

Links in this episode:

Episode 9 - Is it my fault my child is a fussy eater? https://www.thefoodies.org/ffk9/

Episode 4 - Is this fussy eating normal? with Emma Shafqat - https://www.thefoodies.org/ffk4/

My 90 minute workshop on building children's comfort with food away from table - for £7.49 https://thefoodiesbooks.com/food-familiarity-course/

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Music "Happy Days" by Simon Folwar via Uppbeat