Anxious Eaters, Anxious Mealtimes: Practical and Compassionate Strategies for Mealtime Peace

How can grasshoppers help parents and feeding professionals teach anxious eaters about new foods? Marsha Dunn Klein an internationally-known feeding therapist provides the answer in this book-highlighting that most anxious eaters do not enjoy the sensations and varibility of new foods. In seeking to help them she asks what youd need to do to help yourself try a worrisome new food such as a grasshopper. Drawing on her own experience trying grasshoppers while learning Spanish in Mexico she personalizes the struggle of children to find new food enjoyment providing a goldmine of practical proven and compassionate strategies for parents and professionals who work with anxious eaters. Learn how to: - find peace and enjoyment during mealtimes; - find ways to help anxious eaters fearlessly try new foods; - navigate the sensory variations in food smells tastes textures looks sounds: and - help anxious eaters (and their parents) develop a more positive relationship with food. Because parents are absolutely central to mealtime success the author incorporates parent insights throughout the book. Using encouragement novelty and fun she invites everyone back to the table with a sensitive and pressure-free approach.