Byline: Samantha Critchell Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Parents try it all: bribery, camouflage, threats and sweet talk. But no matter what they do, children just don't seem to want to clean their plates.
That's probably because kids usually know what they like, know what they need and know what disagrees with their palates and the rest of their bodies better than anyone else - even well-intentioned parents, says Donna Fish, a social worker specializing in eating disorders.
"Sort of like everyone has their own style, everyone has their own taste in food," says Fish, noting that for young children, deciding what they put in their mouth is the most independence they exert in a day.
Fish, who is on the faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work, is the author of "Take the Fight Out of Food: How To Prevent and Solve Your Child's Eating Problems" (Atria). …
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