Second, hide the vegetables. This method will treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. Mash or chop vegetables and add them to his favorite food, such as meat. But I know some children can eat like this. In addition, be reasonable and tell him the correct concept of health. Tell him this reason every time he gets sick, and it will be heavier and more uncomfortable in the future.
Finally, the worst way is to share the meal, so that he must finish his share, otherwise he will not be able to achieve other wishes and so on.
It is common for children not to like vegetables or to like certain foods. Psychological research shows that the biggest feature of children of this age is to decide whether to do something or not according to personal needs and preferences.
If parents force their children to submit at this time, it is meaningless, which may be counterproductive and bring some negative effects to their children.
In this case, most parents will be very anxious and anxious, worried that their children's nutrition is not comprehensive, which will affect their physical development, but their children will not eat hard or soft, which makes parents very helpless. Usually, I will advise parents to use some psychological skills and knowledge, stand in the child's point of view and feel the child's feelings in an "empathy" way. Put yourself in the child's shoes. Why don't you like vegetables?
There are usually several possible situations:
1, the kind of nutrition that vegetables can provide to children's bodies is enough, and there is no need to supplement it.
Many parents think that their children are too young to know anything, but they are not. Research shows that every child, especially those before the age of 7, understands the world entirely by emotion, that is, by feeling. Eat when you are hungry, drink when you are thirsty, sleep when you are sleepy, and cry when you are in pain ... They are completely with their bodies and minds, and they don't think rationally like adults. What they eat is nutritious, but they have to do it even if they don't like it. Whether there is such a situation, parents can find out through some medical tests whether the child really lacks the nutrition of vegetables or some food;
2. The child doesn't like the taste of this dish, or left a bad experience when eating it for the first time, such as hot and salty ... and he won't eat it after seeing it.
It may be that children hate the taste of that dish very much, or that young and weak teeth feel uncomfortable chewing vegetables, or that the stomach feels uncomfortable digesting vegetables rich in cellulose. Or think of something you don't like.
Every child's reasons may be different. You can ask the child himself. Hold the child in your arms and tell him/her calmly: mom/dad is worried about you when he/she sees that you don't eat vegetables. Why don't you like it? Children of two and a half years old can communicate with their parents in this way. Parents can guess what the reason is and confirm with their children whether this is the case.
But one thing is the same-children can embody human instinct: "pursue happiness and avoid pain." It must be very painful for your child to eat vegetables, so he/she strongly refuses. If parents can try to create "the joy of eating vegetables", this problem will be easily solved. For example, there is always a way to cook vegetables in a different way, mix some red and yellow vegetables together to match the bright colors or patterns that children like, or chop them into meatballs, and make meatballs with meat and vegetables, and then compete with children in games and competitions.
Children who don't like vegetables are not necessarily deliberately against their parents. There may be the following reasons:
1 problems with vegetables themselves, such as vegetables being too old for children to bite; The food tastes strange, bad, etc.
2. the problem of parenting style, such as the limited variety of vegetables selected; Parents themselves don't like vegetables; Parents inadvertently made inappropriate comments on some vegetables, which affected their children's preferences.
In fact, vegetables themselves are delicious food. As long as parents can take appropriate measures to solve their children's problems, it is not difficult for children to like vegetables.
Solve the problem of vegetables themselves
◆ Similar substitution. There are many kinds of vegetables, including fresh beans, such as soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, cowpeas, lentils, edamame and peas. Rhizomes, such as potatoes, carrots, white radishes, lotus roots, yams, taro, bamboo shoots, etc. ; Stems, leaves and flowers, such as Chinese flowering cabbage, rape, spinach, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, celery, asparagus, watercress, shepherd's purse, etc. Cucumber and eggplant, such as cucumber, wax gourd, towel gourd, pumpkin, bell pepper, zucchini, eggplant, tomato and so on. If children just don't eat some vegetables, they can use similar vegetables instead, such as cucumber and wax gourd instead of loofah, shepherd's purse and spinach instead of cabbage.
◆ First stem, then leaf. Some children's rejection of vegetables stems from the experience of being stuck in the throat by vegetables when they were young. Therefore, you can cut the stem first and then cut the leaves. You can choose a variety with relatively little fiber, and pay attention to the smaller the cut, the better.
◆ Reasonable cooking. The purpose of reasonable cooking is to keep the unique color of vegetables bright and crisp and arouse children's appetite. The basic method is:
Cuan method
Wash vegetables such as cabbage, celery, lotus root and spinach. Boil it in boiling water for a few minutes, then take it out and make it salty, sweet and sour according to taste. This method can keep the tender and crisp characteristics of vegetables. Besides, soaked vegetables or shepherd's purse can also be used as stuffing to make wonton or jiaozi, which is acceptable to most children.
A combination of meat and vegetables
Some children don't like the taste of carrots, so they can cook carrots and meat together, which is not only delicious, but also beneficial to the absorption of carotene. It is also a good way to make vegetarian meatballs: mix minced meat with mashed potatoes and carrots to make meatballs, or make braised pork, which is very popular with children. In addition, boiled vegetables, braised pork, radish and mutton are all delicious dishes.
Solve the problem of parenting style
● Parents lead by example. Parents' habits of picky eaters and partial eclipse often affect their children, so parents should overcome the habits of picky eaters and partial eclipse as soon as possible, take the lead in eating a variety of foods, and help children develop good eating habits.
● Emphasize the benefits of vegetables. Usually parents should explain the benefits of eating more vegetables, and don't criticize so-and-so vegetables casually. Because children don't have the ability to judge independently, parents' words often become the basis for them to choose a certain dish.
● Provide a variety of options. Parents should consciously expand the range of family recipes, constantly increase the variety of vegetables, and often introduce new varieties, such as broccoli, asparagus, purple cabbage, cherry tomatoes and so on. At the same time encourage and praise children to try. This will not only enable children to get rich nutrition from different vegetables, but also develop good eating habits for children to eat diversified foods.