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Ellyn Satter's Division of Responsibility in Feeding
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Parents provide structure, support and opportunities. Children choose how much and whether to eat from what the parents provide.
The Division of Responsibility for Infants:
- The parent is responsible for what
- The child is responsible for how much (and everything else)
The parent helps the infant to be calm and organized and feeds smoothly, paying attention to information coming from the baby about timing, tempo, frequency and amounts
The Division of Responsibility For Toddlers through Adolescents:
- The parent is responsible for what, when, where
- The child is responsible for how much and whether
Parents' Feeding Jobs:
- Choose and prepare the food
- Provide regular meals and snacks
- Make eating times pleasant
- Show children what they have to learn about food and mealtime behavior
- Not let children graze for food or beverages between meal and snack times
- Let children grow up to get bodies that are right for them
Fundamental to parents’ jobs is trusting children to decide how much and whether to eat. If parents do their jobs with feeding, children will do their jobs with eating:
© 2007 Ellyn Satter. For a further explanation of the division of responsibility, see any of Ellyn Satter's four books; Your Child’s Weight: Helping Without Harming, Child of Mine: Feeding With Love and Good Sense, Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family, or How To Get Your Kid To Eat... But Not Too Much. May be reproduced for free distribution only. May not be modified in any way. Credit and further information lines must appear on each copy. For information on Ellyn Satter’s materials and programs, see www.EllynSatter.com or call 800-808-7976.
- Children will eat
- They will eat the amount they need
- They will learn to eat the food their parents eat
- They will grow predictably
- They will learn to behave well at the table
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