Course Tag: mealtimes

Recorded Class

Mealtimes: End the Power Struggles (MIT)

April 27, 2021 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Bradford Wiles,PhD

Challenges & Solutions

Previously hosted live class exclusively for MIT.  Access the recording and handouts by clicking on the Course Lesson below.

Family meals are associated with school success, lower rates of teen problems and an assortment of positive outcomes. Yet, parents find it hard to keep consistent mealtimes and often mistakenly use feeding and mealtimes to try to enforce healthy eating through unhealthy means. This class will provide parents best practices for feeding children that support both health and family connections.

Ages
School Age
Tags
feeding mealtimes
Recorded Class

Making the Most of Mealtimes (CVS)

August 25, 2021 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Bradford Wiles,PhD

Challenges & Solutions

Previously hosted live class exclusively for CVS Colleagues. Access the recording and handouts by clicking on the Course Lesson below.

Family meals are associated with school success, lower rates of teen problems and an assortment of positive outcomes. Yet, parents find it hard to keep consistent mealtimes and often mistakenly use feeding and mealtimes to try to enforce healthy eating through unhealthy means. This class will provide parents best practices for feeding children that support both health and family connections.  

Ages
Parenting Essentials PreNatal Infant School Age Teens & Young Adults Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
communication conversation mealtimes routines
Quick Video Solution Libraries

Positive Discipline, Peaceful Home

Experts

Ruth Freeman,LCSW Aaron Weintraub,MS, Chief Product Officer

Challenges & Solutions

Our Solution Series Libraries are developed around a specific parenting challenge. Each Series includes a collection of hand-picked, easily digestible (15 min+/-) videos which unlock a key piece of the parenting puzzle.  Read our summary of this Series below then click on each lesson to access the class description, video, handouts, and information about our Expert(s).

You may be like many parents who want to be more patient. Maybe you want to stop yelling, threatening and punishing. Yet, you can’t imagine how to inspire cooperation without those old standby methods. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that through punishment you might scare a child into following directions in the short run, but you don’t get long term behavior changes. Mountains of research has shown without doubt that children seek connection with their parents and those parents who focus that connection on positive behavior, win more cooperation. This “Positive Discipline, Peaceful Home” library will help you:

  • Build your parent-child relationship in ways that will effectively increase cooperation
  • Recognize specific steps to ignore negative behaviors and reinforce those behaviors that you want from your child
  • Apply an approach to discipline that will help your child learn self-control rather than fear authority
Ages
School Age
Tags
allowances behavior cooperation discipline feeding mealtimes misbehavior money parenting style patience relationships responsible routines rules screen time technology
Quick Video Solution Libraries

Routines that Work with Little Ones

Experts

JoAnn Robinson,PhD Dr. Lynelle Schneeberg,PsyD Cora Megan,MA

Challenges & Solutions

Our Solution Series Libraries are developed around a specific parenting challenge. Each Series includes a collection of hand-picked, easily digestible (15 min+/-) videos which unlock a key piece of the parenting puzzle.  Read our summary of this Series below then click on each lesson to access the class description, video, handouts, and information about our Expert(s). 

Routines are powerful tools. They bring you and your young child closer and reduce power struggles. Routines help little ones predict what comes next, trust that you will meet their needs, and feel more confident. Transitions between activities can be challenging and routines ease those difficulties and help children learn. Routines also decrease behavior corrections and increase cooperation in your child.

Parents who participate in “Routines that Work with Little Ones” Library will be able to:

  • Apply effective strategies to help your young child cooperate with daily activities like getting dressed or eating meals
  • Create routines that are enjoyable, include key child learning principles  
  • Recognize the role parents play in carrying out routines that work
  • Address ‘hot spots’ that frustrate parents, like transitions between activities, and get in the way of parents attending to their responsibilities.
Ages
Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
calm discipline feeding mealtimes potty training routines rules safe self care sleep toddler toilet training working
Recorded Class

Picky Eating: Make Mealtimes Enjoyable (CVS)

August 10, 2021 12:00 pm EDT/EST

Expert

Cora Megan,MA

Challenges & Solutions

Previously hosted live class exclusively for CVS Colleagues . Access the recording and handouts by clicking on the Course Lesson below.

Was your child once a good eater, and now they refuse to eat almost anything? This Flash Class is for you. Picky eating typically emerges in the first three years and can quickly turn into a power struggle. You will gain an understanding of why children become picky eaters, how you can prevent these behaviors, and tips for setting mealtime limits. 

Ages
Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tags
feeding mealtimes