Coping with a Picky Eater: A Guide for the Perplexed Parent

This fresh, practical, and realistic guide explains to parents how they can avoid mealtime battles with kids aged one to six years, using sensible strategies that will establish a lifetime of healthful eating habits. With cases ranging from the toddler who eats only peanut butter and jelly on white bread to the six-year-old who insists on scrambled eggs and cheese at every meal, pediatrician William G. Wilkoff, M.D., has been counseling picky eaters and their concerned parents for more than twenty years. Debunking common myths and soothing parents’ fears, Dr. Wilkoff covers such practical matters as providing appropriate nutritional guidelines for youngsters one to six, including serving sizes. Paperback. 192 pages.