Got an athlete in the house? I do. Two. A swimmer and a volleyball player. The swimmer is a club team participant, swimming 2 hours each night, 5-6 nights each week. And my volleyball player is at the high school level, which means most nights...

By now, you've sent your children off to many school days. You may have already packed several dozen lunches by now. You might even be slipping into familiar territory: the same old lunch, and the same old breakfast. Yes, this can happen, even to...

Welcome to the last installment of our Parent Feeding Practices series, where we look at the tactics parents use to get their kids to eat and how they effect your child’s eating. We've covered prompting/pressuring and restricting, and are now winding...

This Dinner Bar features a quick stress-free meal that's easy on mom and dad and fun for the whole family.  We've been doing the Dinner Bar for awhile now, and I have to admit, I tend to pull it out on evenings when my hubby is traveling or working...

Child abuse is a combination of words that gets your attention. Lately, the term “child abuse” has been linked with the child obesity epidemic. Broaching the issue in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. David Ludwig, a child...

When I was growing up, my mother served our meals “family-style.” We would do the nightly “set the table” with plates, glasses and silverware, and my mother would place our meal components in the center of the table. My father would start with the...

This is the third installment in our Your Child's Development series. We've covered infancy and toddlerhood, and now we're taking on the grade-schooler (5 years- 12 years). This child development series takes a look at typical development and how it...

We all want our kids to eat, and we want them to eat well. I haven't met a parent yet who isn't looking to improve their kid's eating habits, tweak the variety of foods they eat or looks to the past when little Johnny "ate everything." But in today's...

Who doesn’t like pizza?! Maybe you don't, but for many Americans, pizza is as coveted as apple pie. In this Dinner Bar, you will find that pizza is a vehicle for health and nutrition. Loaded with veggies and light on fat, this Dinner Bar is...

Do you ever find yourself in a battle of wills at the meal table with your toddler? Trying to reason or coax your toddler into trying something new to eat? Or taking over feeding because things have gotten a little too messy? Welcome to the third...