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Charity Curley Mathews: 15 Tips To Eat Dinner With Toddlers Without Losing Your Mind

2013-03-01T15:52:36Z

It's such a dream, the Family Dinner. From the moment I saw my first ultrasound, I could see it so clearly. A happy family sits around a table, passing heaped platters of colorful food.

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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic: The Picky Eating Science of Sitting With the Cool Kid

2012-12-21T15:09:08Z

if you have a cool friend and that cool friend brings some weird food to lunch and likes it, you'll probably want to try it.

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Jennifer Shu: The Developmental Milestones Of Throwing Food

2012-06-08T17:08:06Z

From the day you add solid food to your baby's mealtime mix, you can expect your child to throw it.

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Claire McCarthy, M.D.: In Defense of Family Dinner

2012-06-08T16:50:10Z

Family dinners are a practical, tangible way to send a clear message that you care about what is going on with your children and that they are part of a family.

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Charity Curley Mathews: Are Celebrity Chefs Making Us Fat?

2012-06-08T16:45:44Z

Adding buckets of butter to every recipe isn't exactly a straight shot to healthy living.

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Dan Bucatinsky: Teaching My Daughter About The 'F Word'

2012-06-07T12:05:42Z

This is my one shot to teach my kid about acceptance and body image and compassion and the importance of good nutrition all at the same time. But no pressure.

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Michelle Obama Talks Daily Diet, Gardening And Picky Eaters

2012-06-06T13:06:47Z

At first glance, Michelle Obama's new coffee table book "American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America" seems...

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Disney's New Plan To Fight Childhood Obesity

2012-06-04T21:48:00Z

* Disney CEO and First Lady to announce junk-food ad ban-sources * Details to be fleshed out in capital Tuesday-sources ...

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Karen Le Billon: Why We Don't Need to Parent Like the French (With One Exception)

2012-05-31T09:46:49Z

There are many aspects of French culture that I love. But there is much the French could learn from us, particularly the child rearing values that tend to be prioritized in North America: empathy, creativity, and individual motivation (that "can-do" attitude).

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