Parents should plan healthy meals and snacks. Take requests from kids sometimes, but don't jump up to short-order cook at every meal. Be a good role model. Kids learn best from moms and dads who eat healthfully. Keep offering foods even if your child doesn't like them.
Tastes can change.
Include children in meal preparation, it will build their interest in food and nutrition. They are great at washing lettuce, peeling garlic, shucking corn, pouring ingredients into bowls, and many other jobs. Many parents worry about how much their children eat. When kids don't eat a lot, parents react by feeding them whatever they will eat. Usually what they will eat a lot of includes hot dogs, cookies, goldfish crackers, and other foods that are high fat and low in many vitamins and minerals.