Improving Parenting Skills to Benefit Young Child Nutrition

An abstract of a study by Lamp evaluating Healthy, Happy Families, an 8-lesson experiential learning curriculum designed to help parents learn positive parenting skills that promote healthy development and healthy feeding relationships with preschool-aged children is presented. Results show that parents who complete Healthy, Happy Families show significant improvement in parenting skills that benefit child feeding: nurturance, follow-through, family mealtime, and introducing new foods. Strengthening parenting skills may help parents effectively implement positive nutrition changes with their children.