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Reward with activities, not food
Georgina Liew, Careline Advisor/ Mum

Growing children have growing needs, this section will guide you through your children’s cognitive, emotional and physical development.  It is also full of useful nutrition advice for your child’s ever increasing energy and nutritional requirements and growth. This is a great stage in your child’s life as they become more interactive and engaging, but with their increased language and curiosity there may be some questions you can’t answer.

Georgina Liew, CareLine Advisor/ Mum
1800 265 3188

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Reward with activities, not food


Foods are often used by parents as rewards to encourage their children to finish up their food. For example, a parent may say to his child "eat up your vegetables and you can have some ice cream later". This behaviour, according to experts, may be counterproductive in the longrun, as it teaches children to refuse certain foods so as to have whatever snack they want afterwards.


So, the next time your child refuses a food, DO NOT reward with his favourite snack. Instead, offer to play a favourite game, or go somewhere special.

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