Child of mine Book

Here's the best take-away I got from this enlightening book and it had a PROFOUND affect. There is a central theme about the "division of responsibility" at various stages of child development and, basically: "You (as parent) are responsible for the WHAT, WHEN and WHERE of feeding. Your child is responsible for the HOW MUCH and WHETHER of eating." It's that simple...and hard for control-freaks to practice. But I'm SO glad I read her book or I never would have understood the lasting implications of the power struggles that happen with food, parents and children. It should be a must-read for every parent forcing food down their kids throats or negotiating about taking 3 bites of this and 2 bites of that before they can have this or that. (Satter also convinced me that my child won't starve if she chooses not to eat!) One more thing...if my daughter gets her one cookie WITH her lunch, and chooses to eat the cookie first...guess what happens? She goes on to eat her lunch, (after or during her cookie treat) and enjoys her meal! But if I hold out the cookie as some reward for getting through lunch, she rushes through the meal and, after about 6 bites says, "I'm done and ready for my cookie!" So don't sweat the cookies mom...divide the responsibility and conquer! Your child will be healthier for it.