A Qualitative Exploration Into the Parent–Child Feeding Relationship: How Parents of Preschoolers Divide the Responsibilities of Feeding With Their Children

Loth, Katie A.; Brito, Junia N. de; Neumark‐Sztainer, Dianne; Fisher, Jennifer O.; Berge, Jerica M.

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2018.03.004

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“…This study focused on differences in mothers' snack providing between their youngest and oldest child and reasons for these differences. However, some mothers spontaneously mentioned to expect some differences, like portion size, and reasons, like role modeling, to be present more clearly during main meals, which was also found by Loth et al (2018).…”

Section: Considerations For Further Researchmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…Mothers in this study mainly provided fruit in the mornings, whereas they provided products like candies and cookies mostly in the afternoon. This structured behavior is typical for Dutch mothers (Damen et al, 2019a) and clearly different compared to the snack behavior in the U.S., as described by Loth et al (2018). They reported U.S. parents to have less control over the type and amount of snacks consumed by their children as well as over the moment of snacking.…”

Section: Common Patterns In Snack Provisionmentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Besides, mothers want to provide snacks which their children prefer (Boak et al, 2016;Wijtzes et al, 2017) as well as making healthy food choices (Carnell et al, 2011;Walsh et al, 2015;Mehta et al, 2019), two considerations which often conflict (Luomala et al, 2004). In the study of Loth et al (2018) parents mention conflict avoidance as the main reason for letting their child have more influence over the foods served at main meals.…”

Section: Value Conflicts In Food Choicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the current study, snacks were mainly consumed at a fixed place in the home. Loth et al (2018) reported about the fixed place of families to consume main meals, but not for consuming snacks. This shows that the snack environment of Dutch children (created by the mothers) seems to be more consistent and structured compared to the snack environment in the U.S.…”

Section: Common Patterns In Snack Provisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another reason mentioned was that mothers want to avoid conflicts between their children and therefore offered the same type and amount of snacks to siblings. Loth et al (2018) reported that parents mentioned conflict avoidance as the main reason for letting their child have more influence over the foods served at the main meals. Likewise, Snuggs et al (2019) found conflict avoidance as a main goal of parents during main meals.…”

Section: Mother-related Reasonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Children’s Influence on Parents: the Bidirectional Relationship in Family Meal Selection

Studer-Perez

Musher‐Eizenman

2022

J Child Fam Stud

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Feeding a child in the 21st century can be challenging. A child's diet is thought to be a parent's responsibility, and numerous studies have explored how parents influence their child's food intake through food availability, feeding practices, and modeling. However, this relationship is likely bidirectional such that the child influences the parent as well (sometimes called "pester power"). Pester power has been studied in grocery stores and restaurants. However, no research to date investigates how children influence parent's food selection when eating at home. This study addresses this gap by asking parent and child dyads (N = 79, 95% white) to create meals together and separately. Forty 6-8 and thirty-nine 13-15 yearolds participated. Most of the parents (97.5%) and children (49.4%) who participated were female; and parents reported an average annual income of over 80,000 dollars (68.3%). Mean differences in the nutrient content of the meals were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVAs to examine the strength of influence in the bidirectional relationship. Results suggested when children were present for meal selection, they exerted influence over their parents for more palatable items. When choosing foods as a dyad versus when the parent selected meals for the family, the foods contained more calories, sugar, and less fiber. Protein was the only nutrient that parents influenced in their child's selections. These findings have important implications for understanding the often-overlooked bidirectional dynamic of the feeding relationship, and the accompanying health outcomes of child dietary intake.

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Child, Caregiver, Family, and Social-Contextual Factors to Consider when Implementing Parent-Focused Child Feeding Interventions

Miller

Clark

2018

Curr Nutr Rep

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Purpose of Review: Interventions that aim to alter child eating behaviors often focus on parents as a proximal influence. Yet, parents can be difficult to engage. Therefore, intervention recommendations are often not implemented as designed. The goal of this review is to highlight factors at multiple contextual levels that are important to consider when developing interventions to address child eating, due to their implications for overcoming parent engagement challenges. Recent Findings: Intervention studies suggest that parents are often the key to successfully changing child eating behaviors, and many interventions focus on feeding. Factors such as child eating phenotypes; parent stress; family system dynamics; and sociodemographic constraints have also been identified as shaping food parenting. Summary Challenges at multiple contextual levels can affect the likelihood of parent engagement. addressing factors at the child-, parent-, family- and broader social-contextual levels of influence is essential in order to promote best practices for parent-focused feeding interventions.

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A Qualitative Exploration Into the Parent–Child Feeding Relationship: How Parents of Preschoolers Divide the Responsibilities of Feeding With Their Children

Cited by 28 publications

References 30 publications

As a mother, I prefer to give a healthy snack, however... : Mothers’ considerations and value conflicts while providing snacks to their 2-7-year-old children

As a mother, I prefer to give a healthy snack, however... : Mothers’ considerations and value conflicts while providing snacks to their 2-7-year-old children

Children’s Influence on Parents: the Bidirectional Relationship in Family Meal Selection

Child, Caregiver, Family, and Social-Contextual Factors to Consider when Implementing Parent-Focused Child Feeding Interventions

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