002: A Pediatrician Speaks on What Kids Should Eat with Dr. Elisa Song
01/09/24 • 32 min
We all know that most pediatricians get about 2 hours of nutrition training, which means some of them give food advice and probably shouldn’t and most don’t bother with food at all.
But FOOD is the ROOT CAUSE of so much of what ails our kids!
Dr. Song goes above and beyond normal MD training with all her holistic background and she’s 150% qualified to tell us a little about our kids’ diets.
Today we’ll talk about:
- What has changed in the “kid food” scene in the last 50 years
- What is the worst “food” kids are eating these days
- How food additives can affect behavior
- What kids should be eating to fuel their bodies
- Practical tips for how we as parents can feed our kids well (and teach them to make healthy choices for themselves!)
Don’t you just love Dr. Song? She’s about the only reason I’d ever consider moving to California, just so that she could be our kids’ doctor. I’m so honored to share her wisdom with you today!!!
Get the free knife skills class here!
See all the show notes as well as time-stamped skim notes at kidscookrealfood.com/002.
Find Dr. Elisa Song on her site Healthy Kids, Happy Kids or on Facebook or Instagram. You can also sign up for her video course here. (Affiliate link)
Resources We Mention About Feeding Kids
- My previous interview with Dr. Song
- Healthy Snacks Skill Lab
- Healthy Breakfast Skill Lab
- We show some healthy snack options on the news in this video
- The Feingold Diet
- Healthy Kids, Happy Kids article on food dyes
- How to make bone broth
- Fish oil post on Kitchen Stewardship
- Mudball recipe – contains pumpkin seeds for zinc!
- My eBooks with healthy snack and healthy breakfast recipes
- A bunch of breakfast recipes that include veggies (Like these
- Kitchen Stewardship
- Kids Cook Real Food
- follow Katie on Instagram or Facebook
- Subscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updates
- YouTube shorts channel for HPH
- Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast
Affiliate links used here. Thanks for supporting the Healthy Parenting Handbook!
We all know that most pediatricians get about 2 hours of nutrition training, which means some of them give food advice and probably shouldn’t and most don’t bother with food at all.
But FOOD is the ROOT CAUSE of so much of what ails our kids!
Dr. Song goes above and beyond normal MD training with all her holistic background and she’s 150% qualified to tell us a little about our kids’ diets.
Today we’ll talk about:
- What has changed in the “kid food” scene in the last 50 years
- What is the worst “food” kids are eating these days
- How food additives can affect behavior
- What kids should be eating to fuel their bodies
- Practical tips for how we as parents can feed our kids well (and teach them to make healthy choices for themselves!)
Don’t you just love Dr. Song? She’s about the only reason I’d ever consider moving to California, just so that she could be our kids’ doctor. I’m so honored to share her wisdom with you today!!!
Get the free knife skills class here!
See all the show notes as well as time-stamped skim notes at kidscookrealfood.com/002.
Find Dr. Elisa Song on her site Healthy Kids, Happy Kids or on Facebook or Instagram. You can also sign up for her video course here. (Affiliate link)
Resources We Mention About Feeding Kids
- My previous interview with Dr. Song
- Healthy Snacks Skill Lab
- Healthy Breakfast Skill Lab
- We show some healthy snack options on the news in this video
- The Feingold Diet
- Healthy Kids, Happy Kids article on food dyes
- How to make bone broth
- Fish oil post on Kitchen Stewardship
- Mudball recipe – contains pumpkin seeds for zinc!
- My eBooks with healthy snack and healthy breakfast recipes
- A bunch of breakfast recipes that include veggies (Like these
- Kitchen Stewardship
- Kids Cook Real Food
- follow Katie on Instagram or Facebook
- Subscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updates
- YouTube shorts channel for HPH
- Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast
Affiliate links used here. Thanks for supporting the Healthy Parenting Handbook!
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It's finally here!
Our audience has been asking for a podcast version of our video show, The Healthy Parenting Connector, for YEARS. We're finally launching on January 9, so hit that subscribe button wherever you listen to podcasts.
I am Katie Kimball, a mom of 4 kids ages 18-9, a trained educator, who has been blogging about my natural living journey since 2008.
We're SO excited to have you join us as we learn what is in that parenting handbook.
For lifelong learners only, the Healthy Parenting Handbook podcast will improve your connection with your kids, boost your confidence as a parent, and bring clarity about what you can DO to keep your kids physically and mentally healthy while you grow together as a family.
- Kitchen Stewardship
- Kids Cook Real Food
- follow Katie on Instagram or Facebook
- Subscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updates
- YouTube shorts channel for HPH
- Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast
Affiliate links used here. Thanks for supporting the Healthy Parenting Handbook!
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004: Why Consequences (or Rewards) Aren’t the Goal of Discipline with Positive Parenting Solutions' Amy McCready
I am a better person, a better parent, every single time I listen to Amy McCready's coaching.
There's a good reason she is a TODAY Show parenting expert, my goodness - the way she explains why consequences aren't the answer, how rewards set our kids up for massive problems (blew my mind!!) and gives us practical toolbox phrases we can just start using today, it's truly enriching.
Even if you've heard Amy speak before, I worked hard to ask new questions that definitely made me think!
- WHY looking for consequences is a losing proposition and what we can do instead
- What the research says about the negative consequences for child and family with reward systems
- How to create more opportunities for power struggles (guessing you're wanting to antidote that that one! She shares that too) ;)
- Praise labeling, and why it's all too easy to fall into the trap
- One phrase that gives kids ownership of their behavior
- The benefits of teaching kids to cook, from a positive parenting perspective
- What "pendulum parenting" is (and my confession)
- The 3 words you need to start using today...mostly in your own head
Get the free knife skills class here!
See all the show notes as well as time-stamped skim notes at kidscookrealfood.com/004.
Resources We Mention for Positive Parenting
- Visit Positive Parenting Solutions for tons of free resources and strategies
- Follow Positive Parenting Solutions on social media: Facebook, Instagram
- Amy's books: If I Have to Tell You One More Time (Amazon/Bookshop.org), The Me, Me, Me Epidemic (Amazon/Bookshop.org)
- Free "Get Kids to Listen without Nagging, Yelling or Losing Control" class
- More examples of encouraging vs. praising
- Mindset by Carol Dweck (Amazon/Bookshop.org)
- Why we need to let kids fail
- Raising successful adults
- Kitchen Stewardship
- Kids Cook Real Food
- follow Katie on Instagram or Facebook
- Subscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updates
- YouTube shorts channel for HPH
- Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast
Affiliate links used here. Thanks for supporting the Healthy Parenting Handbook!
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