Dear Dr. Gary.
How can I get my family/children to eat healthier without them complaining at dinner time?
You can model healthy living and can serve healthy choices. You can respect their not liking what you serve and serve it anyway. You can say that you love them and show it by emphasizing wellness and nutrition rather than enabling them though contrition and allowing their refusal and complaining to dictate what you buy or serve.
Don’t get into a power struggle with them. Smile, say I love you and serve them and yourself wellness.
Eat what you have prepared with a smile on your face and engage in meaningful and supportive conversation.
They don’t have to eat what you have prepared.
They can choose from any and all other offerings available in the refrigerator or pantry.
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