{"id":11102,"date":"2014-11-27T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/?p=11102"},"modified":"2014-12-11T20:22:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T20:22:23","slug":"the-value-of-grocery-shopping-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/the-value-of-grocery-shopping-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Grocery Shopping with Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my very first Mother\u2019s Day I asked my husband for one simple gift:\u00a0 To go to the grocery store by myself, and without my cute but demanding 3 month old baby boy.\u00a0 Most mothers can relate to the simple treasure of a kid free shopping experiences.\u00a0 As my kids have gotten older (4 and 8 years old) I have found that going to the grocery store with them is more doable.\u00a0 I try to be patient and use our time spent together at the grocery store as learning experience.\u00a0 As a Registered Dietitian it is part of the gig for me to teach my kids about the importance of choosing healthy foods most often but I\u2019ve also found these store visits can be used to teach them so much more.\u00a0 Below is some of my favorite grocery shopping with kid\u2019s tips.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Giving children choices will significantly increase the likelihood that they will try a food that they have picked out.<\/strong> I usually ask my kids to pick out a few fruits and a few vegetables that they will be willing to eat during the week. The fruits and vegetables can be fresh, canned, or frozen. I also include them in picking out foods for their meals. Would they rather have ham or turkey, corn flakes or cheerios, blueberries or raspberries, etc.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve even found that something as simple as <strong>letting them placing a food item in the grocery cart<\/strong> will increase the likelihood that they will eat that food.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beyond Nutrition: Teach them the value of a dollar.<\/strong> Give them some cash and work with them on spending it to get the most out of their money.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Let them help with the heavy lifting.<\/strong> It finally hit me that I don\u2019t need to be hauling in all of these groceries by myself. I have two strong kiddos that take pride in helping their mommy out and flexing their muscles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Model patience and kindness.<\/strong> Being in a busy grocery store on a Saturday can test anyone\u2019s patients. I keep reminding myself to model good manners and to treat people kindly. If someone is struggling with their little one, we\u2019ve all been there! Instead of giving them a negative look or looking away, try giving them a positive word and smile of encouragement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my very first Mother\u2019s Day I asked my husband for one simple gift:\u00a0 To go to the grocery store by myself, and without my cute but demanding 3 month old baby boy.\u00a0 Most mothers can relate to the simple treasure of a kid free shopping experiences.\u00a0 As my kids have gotten older (4 and 8 years old) I have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/the-value-of-grocery-shopping-with-kids\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,780],"tags":[1021,91],"class_list":["post-11102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e","category-nutrition-2","tag-grocery-shopping-with-kids","tag-picky-eaters","cat-42-id","cat-780-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/grocery-store-emmy-photo-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11109,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11102\/revisions\/11109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}