http://www.twokidscooking.com/2009/09/food-bribery-would-you-pay-your-kids-to-try-a-food/ A Kids Cooking Show for the Whole Family Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:13:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.twokidscooking.com/2009/09/food-bribery-would-you-pay-your-kids-to-try-a-food/comment-page-1/#comment-541 The Food They Won’t Eat, But They Should (a.k.a. my son is a bear) | Two Kids (and a Mom) Cooking Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:51:52 +0000 http://www.twokidscooking.com/?p=358#comment-541 [...] do insist my kids try new foods. I don’t force them, but I strongly recommend to the point of occasional bribery. I do this because of the long term gains for them. As we grow from childhood to adulthood, our [...] [...] do insist my kids try new foods. I don’t force them, but I strongly recommend to the point of occasional bribery. I do this because of the long term gains for them. As we grow from childhood to adulthood, our [...]

]]> http://www.twokidscooking.com/2009/09/food-bribery-would-you-pay-your-kids-to-try-a-food/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Getting Kids to Try New Foods: 5 Things that May Work | Two Kids (and a Mom) Cooking Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:28:46 +0000 http://www.twokidscooking.com/?p=358#comment-163 [...] Bribe them. Yes, I said bribe them, and I’ve advocated for food bribery before, and I’m sure I will again. For as little as 25 cents I’ve not only persuaded [...] [...] Bribe them. Yes, I said bribe them, and I’ve advocated for food bribery before, and I’m sure I will again. For as little as 25 cents I’ve not only persuaded [...]

]]> http://www.twokidscooking.com/2009/09/food-bribery-would-you-pay-your-kids-to-try-a-food/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Kids, Eating and Life | Two Kids (and a Mom) Cooking Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:12:48 +0000 http://www.twokidscooking.com/?p=358#comment-111 [...] I do believe, however, that parental persistence is a necessity. Consistently encouraging kids to try foods they say they don’t like and insisting on a balance of healthy foods and snack foods helps reinforce your message. My kids, despite as involved as they are with our whole ‘food production’ process are still picky eaters. Alex likes this and not that and Sophie likes that and not this–sometimes I feel like a short order cook. Because of this, I continue my mantra, “how do you know you don’t like it if you don’t try it?” and will even bribe them if necessary. [...] [...] I do believe, however, that parental persistence is a necessity. Consistently encouraging kids to try foods they say they don’t like and insisting on a balance of healthy foods and snack foods helps reinforce your message. My kids, despite as involved as they are with our whole ‘food production’ process are still picky eaters. Alex likes this and not that and Sophie likes that and not this–sometimes I feel like a short order cook. Because of this, I continue my mantra, “how do you know you don’t like it if you don’t try it?” and will even bribe them if necessary. [...]

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