Telling your kids that something is healthy often triggers the emotional response that it must also be yucky.
告诉孩子某些东西是健康的常常会触发情感反应,引起反感
Saying, “Just try it and if you don’t like it you don’t have to eat it,” often triggers a visceral fear: If I like it, I'll have to eat it.
“仅仅是尝试一下,如果你不喜欢吃就不用吃了,”常常会触发孩子们的内心恐惧:如果我喜欢它,那我就必须吃掉它。
Never mind that whatever you have served tastes good. That's your logic speaking.
无论你端上什么美食都没有关系。有关系的是你说话的逻辑。
胆小的孩子——受他们的情绪驱使——很害怕尝试任何新鲜的东西,他们不在乎食物是否可口。更重要的是,胆小的孩子还有很多其他理由来避免吃一些食物,比如,支配欲、讨厌的主厨光环等等。
Eating isn’t a rational process, so stop trying to rationalize with your kids. This is especially true when we consider habits.
吃东西是非理智的过程,所以停止和你的孩子讲道理。当我们思考一种习惯时,这一点尤为真实。
1. Recognize that kids who refuse new foods feel unsafe for some reason. Also, realize that your kids would eat differently if they thought they could. They can't. (At least, not yet.) That's why, you have to...
意识到拒绝新食物的孩子有一些理由让他们感觉不安全。也要明白,如果你的孩子认为他们能,那么他们就会 愿意 吃不一样的食物。但是他们不能(至少现在不能)。这就是你说“为什么,你必须...”
2. Become allies instead of adversaries. Promise that you’ll never to make your children eat something ever again.
要变成盟友而不是对手。保证你再也不会让孩子吃某些东西。
3. Focus on teaching your children how to be great tasters. Engage in sensory exploration of new foods using a pea-sized sample—the small size signifies safety.
集中精力教孩子如何做一个好的品尝者。引入对新食物的感官探索,使用豌豆大小的样品——小意味着安全。
4.Move beyond taste. Think texture, aroma, appearance, temperature and sound.
超越品味。思考它的质感、香气、外观、温度和声音。
5.Explore a wide range of foods so your children don't equate new foods with only healthy foods. This will make your kids happy and excited.
探索广泛的食物,这样你的孩子就不会把新事物仅仅等同于健康食品。这会使得你的孩子既快乐又兴奋。
6.Instead of asking your children if they like what they've tasted ask them to describe the food.
让他们描述食物,以此代替询问他们是否喜欢所品尝的食物。