How to Help Your Kids Have a Healthy Relationship With Food

As a parent, mealtimes can be fraught with stress - your kids hate veggies, they barely touch their food, or they beg to skip straight to dessert. But here's a good perspective: "A parent's job is not to make children perfect eaters right now, but to help them develop the skills to feed themselves as adults," says Brandi Olden, R.D.N., a board-certified specialist in pediatric nutrition in Bellevue, Washington. Here are the answers to three of your top questions about raising a good eater.