How we frame food and talk about it to young children matters, so it is important that educators are mindful of the language used when teaching and promoting healthy eating.

In this podcast, Fern talks with dietitian Sallyanne Pisk about the merits of boundaries and division of tasks during mealtimes. Keeping this division consistent has proven to decrease battles and improve children’s diet quality.

When typically developing children simply won’t eat, many educators freeze and give in on demands for substitutions even if they feel uncomfortable in doing it. Understanding why children behave this way helps to find the best way to handle it and support their development of a positive relationship with food.

Many parents and early childhood educators feel it, but not all actually know what fussy eating is, how it starts, why it starts... Fern goes into it in this article.

Fern talked to 9Honey about four of the most significant practices to help your little eater to grow their love for all foods. It’s simpler than you may think…

“Food exposure” can take many different forms. In this article, Fern describes three that have nothing to do with actually eating and tells the reasons it can be as effective as exposing children to new foods at the table.

Dietitian Sallyanne Pisk invited Fern to lend a hand to her clients and followers who face the dinner struggle. We discussed how to normalise eating for children who have developed fussy eating habits.

Lunchbox is a constant worry for parents of young children, especially in the beginning of the school year. In this article Fern wrote for Mikki & Me Kids’ online store she gives her 5 top tips to ease the task.

Read in this article Fern wrote for Australian School Mums directory website why it was so easy for her to become an advocate for family meals.

This is an article Fern wrote for MUM CFOs website about two different feeding styles. One is more effective than the other in supporting children’s eating. Find out which one by reading the article.

There’s so much more to healthy eating than gobbling down all sorts of vegetables. Tutors Field posed the question and Fern answered in this article.

Research has shown that people who can cook eat better than those who can’t. Last year’s Film By The Eucalypts festival saw two entries related to food making by children of the Blue Mountains (NSW). We couldn’t be happier!

Fern had a chat with Kaylee Cardamone from Our Early Years about children’s nutrition, feeding in childcare, fussy eating and told a bit about her background and why she decided to become a children’s nutritionist.

The benefits of teaching cooking skills to children go far and beyond their dietary habits. Plus, young children love it and they can do in the kitchen so much more than you think…