Regardless of whether you are a working or stay-at-home parent, taking care of dependent children often feels like running from breakfast to bedtime without ever catching a breath. Additionally, most parents finds themselves juggling a hectic home life while trying to nurture a career, often leaving parents feeling stressed, tired, and rushed (Pew Research Center, 2015). The "perfect storm" of dinner when children refuse to eat or finish what they were given can push parental stress levels to their peak, often revealing a situation which does not mirror the "haunting images of perfection" (Richins, 1991) portrayed in food advertisements. Previous studies have found that household and parental stress has significant implications for food choice (Fulkerson et al., 2019) and family meal frequency (Offer, 2014), such that daily stressors negatively impact healthy food choices (Devine et al., 2006) and family eating styles