6 Ways to Get Your Children to Eat More Vegetables

Veg News – Laurie Marbas, MD

Before I was a doctor, I was a mom to three little children. I started medical school when my kids were 5, 3, and 10 months old, which—perhaps not coincidentally—is the same year I began seeing white hairs on my head. In order for survival (mine, not theirs), we had a few house rules: 1. Eat what you get, or you will have to wait to eat at the next meal. 2. You dirty a dish, you wash it. 3. “I’m your mom, not your short-order cook.” We had varying degrees of success with following these rules, but these guidelines made our transition to a plant-based diet much easier (which happened when my children were 18, 16, and 13). (more)