3 Food Rules We're Breaking on Purpose to Raise Healthy Eaters

After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

Dear Media and Big Little Feelings

Big Little Feelings, After Bedtime, Deena Margolin, After Bedtime With Big Little Feelings, Kids & Family, Parenting, 105161, Kristin Gallant

4.7 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We grew up with food being labeled “good” or “bad.” With sweets treated like gold and guilt baked into every bite. With pressure to finish our plates and shame if we didn’t. We’re breaking that cycle. In this episode, we’re sharing 3 powerful ways we’re helping our kids build a healthy, shame-free relationship with food and their bodies:

Why we don’t hype up sweets (no food gets put on a pedestal)

Why we never force bites or make them earn dessert

Why we don’t call any food “bad,” not even packaged snacks

This isn’t about raising perfect eaters. It’s about raising kids who trust their bodies, enjoy food, and feel good around the table—for life.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:05.1	Welcome back to another episode of After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings. You are not going to want to miss today's episode. We are sharing three things that we are doing differently when it comes to feeding our kids than we had in our own childhoods to ensure that our kids have a
0:22.1	healthy relationship with food. I know that we all love our kids so much. We want to break
0:28.2	these unhealthy patterns and make sure our kids don't have the relationship with food that a lot
0:33.0	of us have. So stay tuned. These are three easy, simple tips that anyone can do.
0:40.0	Welcome to After Bedtime, where the house is finally quiet, but the real noise begins.
0:46.5	The thoughts, the questions, the wondering if you're doing any of this right. We're Kristen
0:51.0	and Dina, child behavior experts, moms, and co-founders of big little feelings,
0:56.4	and we're not here to give you more pressure or perfect parenting energy. Nope. We're here to tell
1:01.5	the truth, the unfiltered, beautiful, brutal truth about what it means to raise kids and re-raise
1:07.7	ourselves in the process. Because parenting isn't just about sleep schedules and snack hacks.
1:12.8	It's about healing.
1:13.9	It's about breaking cycles.
1:15.6	It's about becoming the kind of adult you want your kids to grow up to be.
1:19.4	This is the place where we say the quiet parts out loud.
1:22.3	And we're so glad that you're here.
1:25.0	My besties.
1:27.5	Hello. Hello.
1:28.3	Hi.
1:29.3	It worked.
1:30.0	I'm back for another episode.
1:32.2	Oh, you passed the test.
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