Parenting

Check out breakfast ideas that include foods from several food groups, and encourage your child to draw a favorite breakfast food.

Read tips for creating a quick breakfast your family can eat on the go, and make breakfast fun by inviting your family on a breakfast picnic.

Check out breakfast foods that your child can help make, and work together with your child to build a fruit and yogurt parfait.

Learn why it’s important to stop eating when you are full, and teach your child about “full” and “empty” using bowls of water.

Find out how to help your child recognize what feeling full is like, and encourage your child to practice “full” by filling a plastic bag with flour or cornstarch.

Learn quick ways to estimate appropriate portion sizes for common foods, and help your child practice measuring and comparing portions of cereal.

Read tips for serving your family smaller food portions, and help your child practice healthy eating by self-serving food at the next meal.

Learn why it is important not to force children to clean their plates, and read a story with your child about why stopping eating when full is important.