Episode 261: Helping Children Develop Positive Relationships with Food (w/ Madison Tyler)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 13.5% of U.S. households were food insecure at some time during 2023. Unfortunately, food-related trauma is a common challenge for many children who have entered the foster care system. Whether it’s an aversion to a particular type of food, fear that there won’t be enough food, or a tendency to overeat and hoard food, there are many behaviors a child may exhibit as a result of their past experiences. When these behaviors occur, it’s important to meet them with curiosity and kindness.
Madison Tyler, a foster and adoptive parent who has been a pediatric dietitian for 13 years, is here to help us understand more about a child’s relationship with food.
Madison and her husband became foster parents in 2017. Over the years, they have welcomed and witnessed reunification for several children. Today, Madison integrates her professional expertise with her personal experience to help families navigate food challenges, build trust, and foster connection around the table.
In this episode, you’ll hear strategies you can use to respond to some of the most common challenges foster and adoptive parents encounter around food, what a Harvard study says is the single most important factor in determining a person’s health and longevity, practical tips for helping your child develop a positive relationship with food, and much more.
Find resources mentioned and more in the show notes for this episode: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/madison-tyler-261/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. |
| 0:04.0 | This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:08.8 | I think about myself when I was a child. |
| 0:11.9 | What I ate and what I like to eat is so different than now. |
| 0:15.9 | And, you know, I had the autonomy to explore and feel safe and comfortable around food. And so I think just |
| 0:22.3 | being patient with your kids and you can do this, you don't have to do it alone. I think that's so |
| 0:27.8 | important in this work is not to do it alone. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. Welcome back to the Forgotten |
| 0:36.0 | podcast where we are highlighting the stories of the people |
| 0:39.6 | of foster care. |
| 0:40.8 | With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster care community. |
| 0:45.7 | We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the agency |
| 0:50.4 | workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where you live. |
| 0:56.1 | If you want to learn more about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, or |
| 1:01.6 | partner with us on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to the forgotten initiative.org. |
| 1:08.6 | We are in this together. Thank you for listening and engaging with us. |
| 1:13.0 | We love having you as part of our family. |
| 1:15.9 | Okay, it is time. |
| 1:17.9 | Let's do this. |
| 1:23.6 | Madison Tyler has been a dietitian since 2012, driven by a deep passion for helping others |
| 1:35.7 | navigate food-related challenges. Much of her professional experience comes from working at one |
| 1:41.3 | of the world's leading pediatric cancer research hospitals, where she |
| 1:45.3 | supported patients and families in optimizing nutrition during cancer treatment, a challenging but |
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