Kids Eating & Nutrition

How to Keep your Child’s Plate from Sliding

By Wildscribe

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Kids are messy by nature, but you can help to keep their mess minimized. Velcro might work to keep plates steady, but it would make the plates less washable. Instead, try our tips... more »

How to Make a Sack Lunch for Your Child

By Beren deMotier

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You’ve read “Fast Food Nation,” watched “Super-Size Me” and witnessed the preteens mobbing the grocery store, buying bags of candy and two liter bottles of pop. Now that you’re sure that nutrition can’t be safely handled by the school lunch ... more »

How to Make Soft Pretzels With Kids

By atika

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This a fun and easy activity for rainy days. It also helps eye-hand coordination, even for kids as young as three years old... more »

How to make your own mouth wash

By Houlesranch

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How to make your own Mouth wash, Very safe for all ages No Chemicals at all. Very easy to do every day and helps prevent canker sores, gingivitis, tonsilitis.. more »

How to Prepare a Blue Colored Food Night for your Kids

By Kristina N

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Having a one-colored food night is a great way to start a new family tradition, celebrate an event, or just have fun. My youngest daughter helped inspire the foods for this celebration... more »

How to Teach a Child to Cook

By favefive

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Cooking is a fun and rewarding activity that you can teach your child. A kitchen, which is traditionally the heart of every home, is also a place where you can teach your child not only about cooking but about family togetherness and traditions... more »

How to Eat Together as a Family

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Dinners are a time for family members to reconnect. Family dinners allow for time to meet physical and emotional needs of children as well as providing a place where children feel loved and valued. With busy schedules it can be difficult to fit ... more »

How to Get a Free Juicy Juice Sippy Cup

By missforty

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Juicy Juice makes juice that kids love to drink! Now you can order a free sippy cup from Juicy Juice... more »

How to Get More Fiber into a Toddler’s Diet

By Mel Marzan

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A diet with the right amount of fiber can keep a toddler from getting constipated, which can be uncomfortable and painful. Read on to find out where to find flavorful fiber in both natural and processed foods... more »

How to Get Picky Kids to Eat

By Susan Heim

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If your child will eat anything out of the vegetable garden, consider yourself lucky. But many kids are more likely to race to the ice-cream aisle at the grocery store, rather than the produce section. If your children are in the latter category, ... more »

How to Make A Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich

By PearlsWisdom

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This recipe is so yummy, even my mom raved about it!.. more »

How to make baked pork chops

By Andrea18

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Hope you enjoy... more »

How to make homemade ice cream (from snow, snow cone)

By MrHuguley

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As kids we loved to play outside. Whether it was summer or winter, we always found stuff to do. In the winter we would sled down hills on metal garbage can lids, have snow ball fights and believe it or not, make ice cream out of snow... more »

How to Pack a School Lunch

By AmyU

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With the cost of school lunches rising to over $2 a child in many places, it can become expensive to feed your child a lunch. Making a lunch for your child does not have to be difficult or boring. You can send your child with fabulous meals and ... more »

How to Raise Vegetarian Children

By eHow Health Editor

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Children do not need meat - or even cow's milk - to grow up healthy and strong. Vegetarian children tend to be slimmer, and as a group, vegetarians have a lower incidence of heart disease, obesity and other chronic illnesses. .. more »

How to Ration Your Child's Halloween Candy

By Bob Strauss

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So Halloween’s finally over, and your kid's plastic pumpkin is bursting to overflowing with Snickers, Twizzlers, Mike & Ikes and several dozen other kinds of candy, both popular and obscure. Kids being kids, his first impulse is to eat everything ... more »

How to Tell If Your Child is Obese

By Kristie Leong M.D.

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Could your child be suffering from obesity? If so, you'll want to make the diagnosis early so you can help your child restore his normal weight. Childhood obesity can increase the risk of your child developing hypertension, diabetes, as well as ... more »

How to Choose a Lunch Box

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Your choice of lunch box reflects your inner self. Are you strong and quirky like an old metal lunch box? Light and colorful like a plastic lunch box? Or soft and cozy like a lunch bag? Here are some things to consider when choosing your lunch box... more »

How to Decorate Memorable Birthday Cakes

By Juliet Johnson Johnson

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Your kids will remember their birthdays forever if you take that extra time to make them a special birthday cake. With a little advance planning and some creativity, even the artistically challenged person can create a memorable and personal ... more »

How to Feed Your Child on a Road Trip

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Road trips are lots of fun for kids, but a healthy diet often gets left by the wayside. Here are some ground rules for healthful ' and safe ' meals and snacks for the road... more »

How to Get an Underweight Child to Gain Weight

By nashvillebecky

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Childhood obesity is at an all-time high. However, for some kids, it's gaining weight that is difficult. If your child needs to put on some pounds, focus on healthy choices to increase their overall health rather that just feeding them empty ... more »

How to get your toddler to eat more healthy food

By AdamBomb

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The eating habits your children acquire in their early years will profoundly influence their lifelong health. Here are some simple ways to give them a great start!.. more »

How to Help Your Child to Start Eating Right

By eHow Parenting Editor

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Help your child develop healthy eating habits to prevent problems such as heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure and obesity later in life. These guidelines follow the recommendations of the U.S. Department of Education... more »

How to Make Edible Playdough ( Peanut Butter Candy )

By Qualitas

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All the fun of Playdoh with the great taste of Peanut Butter Candy. Playdoh's been around for over 50 years entertaining kids and parents alike, but how many times have you caught your kids eating the play dough. The solution is here, Edible ... more »

How to Make Fun Healthy Kids Snacks

By Kristie Leong M.D.

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Are you concerned about your children getting too much sugar in their diet? Most processed snacks for kids are loaded with unhealthy sugar and fats. Here's how to make fun healthy kids snacks... more »

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