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Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Alisa Pressman, and today's episode is with Jenny Friedman,

a registered dietitian picky eating expert, mom and author, who has such a great

way of approaching feeding and picky eating from tots to teens. So we're addressing

typically developing picky eaters that are two and that are 12. We're also addressing kids who

have developmental challenges, and some of the ways we can respond to picky eating, even in kids

who have allergies or anxiety. If you enjoy this episode, don't hesitate to subscribe,

rate and write a little review, and of course you can DM me on Instagram at Raising Good Humans

podcast. I actually pulled a few of your questions about nutrition and picky eating and gave them

to Jenny to take on. One is a teenager, one is about a five-year-old, and one is a toddler,

so we're covering it all. And I hope you have a great week.

I think the first thing that we really want to keep in mind with feeding our kids in general

is perspective. So each meal feels like a really, really big deal. It feels like it's so

important you want to do it right. They need to eat, you know, it has to be healthy, and in reality

our kids are eating like a zillion times a day, you know, so many times a week that each

individual meal in the scheme of things just isn't that important. It doesn't matter that much.

Of course, over time we do want everything to, you know, generally be going well, but that each,

you know, that one meal, it's okay if it's not perfect, if it's not like you expected. So

I think keeping that in mind is really helpful for parents when we're in like kind of that stressful

situation. And with that, we can go into meals, you know, keeping in mind kind of what our role

in our agenda is. If we have an overall goal, and I recommend parents try to do this even though

it's so hard, our, you know, the main goal and the main purpose of this meal is to enjoy it,

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