How to Raise a Mindful Eater: 8 Powerful Principles for Transforming Your Child's Relationship with Food

I just finished this book and it is exceptional. I am a mom of two boys ages 6 and 8. I found the stress and lack of structure during covid led to some real food related challenges. The kids were eating at all hours and whatever they wanted. The book has shown me how to refocus and bring structure back to when and what we eat. I have already seen results and I just implemented the changes last week. It's a game changer!

I'm a new mom and setting the stage for a healthy relationship with food and eating for my child is incredibly important to me. I'd recently been reading on how to become a more mindful eater myself, so when I saw this book, I was excited to see what it was all about.Maryann Jacobsen puts forward such simple and SMART ideas for creating healthy mealtime practices and household norms around eating. As a society, we have over complicated eating. Jacobsen reminds us of the family meal foundations that are important on so many levels. I highly recommend this book.Since reading How to Raise a Mindful Eater, I've read Jacoben's What to Make for Dinner with Kids and Fearless Feeding. All are outstanding resources for anyone who feeds children. All of these books have been empowering and truly helpful.

The commonsense advice in this book has returned dividends within a month. I don't have to pound my poor son who is already self-conscious about his weight, but have been able to teach him how to think about how food makes him feel.I was really beginning to worry that my kid might be heading toward the all-too-common slide into obesity. Restricting access to food only made it worse. And he is clearly struggling with this in his pre-pubescent age which is already tormented in a million other ways. But within a month he's starting to talk about how food makes him feel, helps him to think, fuels his activities.We've only just started this learning period for both of us, but I'm finally optimistic.

I'm a mom and a registered dietitian, and I absolutely LOVE this book! It is such a welcome addition to the world of pediatric nutrition. Maryann addresses a wide range of concepts that are critical to establishing and maintaining a healthy relationship with food, and her writing style makes you feel like you're listening to a good friend sharing her wisdom - not at all preachy. I am thrilled to have such a great resource to recommend to clients.

I’m so thankful for this book! It’s totally changed the way I feed my family and it has taken such a load off my shoulders. I’ve implemented a few things already that have in the past stressed me out. 5 stars!!!