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Final Answer for the tag line
Food with Kid Appeal
Your guide to growing good eaters
I agonized tag lines over the weekend and pestered the Food with Kid Appeal facebook community. I play blockus the same way. I have to "try on" all my pieces. Putting each piece in the spot to figure out which is best. I lack the ability to visualize how things would look. I have to see it and hate it or love it. I don't love this new tag line, but I can live with it. It still doesn't capture that important "believe" concept I was going for.
How do you get from point A (reluctant eater) to point B (good eater with accepting palate)?
I'm convinced that before you follow a guide somewhere you have to believe it's possible to get to your destination. A lot of parents are at their wits end with their reluctant eaters. The first step before you even start walking is to know in your heart that the results you expect are achievable. When you believe that a picky palate is your child's obstacle to good eating habits, and your thoughts and actions affirm the picky eater label, the result is more picky eating.
However, when you believe that your reluctant eater can indeed learn to like new things, even if (s)he needs more support than the average kid, she will. You have to follow up your conviction with matching thoughts and consistent actions. When mindset, thoughts and actions align, the desired results naturally fall out. Sounds easy eh? The challenge is how.
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Hats Off
I want to thank my mentor, Heather at Freebies4Mom for hooking me up with Doug Cloud who did the design. I want to thank Doug of Doug Draws for the design of the veggie transportation, social media icons and being patient while I tried on a plethora of tag lines.
Housekeeping
In the coming weeks I'll be updating the some of the top line navigation pages of this blog, perhaps adding new ones like a recipe page (at long last). I'll be rewriting my About Me page as well as revising the Food 101 page. Stay tuned for revisions that hopefully will do a better job of communicating to new readers what this blog has to offer.
Why all the changes? Well, thanks for asking. There's a chance some high profile visitors will be stopping by in February. I received news last week that Sherwood Elementary's Taste Off competition may get some national coverage.
Do you like the new veggie transportation images? New tag line message? Candid responses welcome.
Love it, Jenna! Makes a lot of sense. Love the hair-do too! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteI noticed the hair too :) Looks great! So does the new art work. I needed to hear this. I have one child who is sooo stubborn. I get discouraged. He turns down just about everything I make. He refused to eat a cinnamon roll this morning! Who doesn't like cinnamon rolls? (It was a healthy cinnamon roll, but he didn't know that!)
ReplyDelete@lisa - you know the funny thing? I thought the same thing this morning after little boo ate only 1/2 and egg and 1/2 piece of toast. i need to listen to my own words! little boo is is so fickle, one day likes something, next day not. and a light eater, he eats far less than my older son. and he eats with his heart, not his head. "i don't want xyz." is constantly coming out of his mouth. these are frustrations, but instead of thinking of him in this way, i must start thinking of him as my little bell pepper muncher, and steak gobbler. there are so many wholesome things he does eat with relish. i need to give him positive labels.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the new tag line! And the art work! Great job.
ReplyDeleteI like that: "reluctant eater." It makes it sound less permanent. You should check out this website http://childrenandbabiesnoteating.com/index.html. It has a lot of great information on why some kids (like my daughter) just don't want to eat.
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