Brand Vegetables for Your Kids to Eat
Some children will be satisfied with your statements that broccoli blossoms are “little trees” that they, the monsters, should devour. And other kids will say, “Broccoli is disgusting, just like trees eat, and I don’t fall for this shit.”
Children in the latter group may need to step up their play if you want them to eat more fruits and vegetables. One way to do this, according to mom Jane Stein on Facebook , is by taking notes from the big food companies that manipulate our kids better than us:
Stein says PopSugar, her trick consists in the fact that the paste stickers in the store and allow children to “choose” the products, works:
Not only does this help her kids become more interested in vegetables, but it also helps them to be less distracted by other baby franchise-related products in the supermarket. “It works well for us, making in-store shopping more fun and helps us avoid the distraction of packaging based on other characters and stick to our shopping list!” Jane told POPSUGAR, noting that she recently found Cornell’s research that suggests what she’s doing definitely works in some cases .
However, if you don’t want to attract the odd looks from Wegman’s production manager, you can also choose to go shopping alone and stick stickers on the bags or outer shell of fruits and vegetables when you get home.
Then, when it’s time to eat or grab a snack, let the kids choose from Dora the Explorer’s bananas, Elmo apple slices, Mickey Mouse bell peppers, or Daniel Tiger’s carrot sticks.