Eating With Preschoolers

Eating could and should be fun for preschoolers. A great amount of time and energy is spent convincing preschoolers to eat. Sometimes the problem is not really that they don't want to eat its that they want to make a mess of the food before they take it in. What should be done? Allow them be kids after all this is the probably the only time they'll get to be kids in a whole lifetime. Your job is to ensure that their hands are clean and the environment they are going to be eating in is clean that way you'll have only cleaning up to worry about.