Researchers have developed a model that compares 4 distinct parental feeding styles. Spoiler alert: one approach appears to have the best outcomes.

I seem to always be thinking and talking about food so there’s a simple tip for feeding kids that I really struggle with: Don’t spend family meals focused on what your kid is (and isn’t) eating.

The French tend to take anything food related pretty serious and feeding babies is no exception. In France, food education and taste development are considered to be important parts of a parent’s job. Here are my four favorite aspects of the typical French approach to feeding kids.

When I started blogging, I had no idea what the term “food neutrality” meant. The term is rather obscure, but if you spend a little time in the realm of mommy bloggers or look at #kidnutrition, it pops up quite a bit. I decided to do a little digging into this idea in hopes of better understanding the concept and to see if there were lessons I wanted to apply at home.