Blog Archive
Posts tagged with Food
parents
Sep 3, 2025
Helping kids make healthy food choices at school can feel tricky. How do you support them without adding pressure, guilt, or strict food rules?
parents
Aug 26, 2025
It can be unsettling to watch your child push away a plate of food or say they’re “not hungry” when you think they should be eating. As a parent or caregiver, your mind may race: Are they getting enough? Could something be wrong?
parents
Aug 19, 2025
How do you support kids in building healthy habits around screens, sleep, movement, and more, without using guilt as a motivator? In this short video, Dr. Kelsey Varzeas, clinician, research scientist, and Certified Mental Performance Consultant, shares practical ways to foster positive routines rooted in structure and care, not shame.
parents
Feb 16, 2025
We received this question from a mom to young kids: “It feels impossible to pack healthy snacks as everything is so processed and packaged these days. And it seems my kids only want these sorts of particularly sweet or particularly fatty snacks. I worry all this is making them, or will make them, heavy or…
parents
Feb 11, 2025
You’re days away from Valentine's Day, but already you are bracing yourself for the perennial parent-child Candy Battle. After all, just as surely as heart-shaped decorations are popping up in stores, loads of chocolates and candies will soon be showing up in your kid's school bags.
Advocates
Jan 25, 2025
Envision a lively 11-year-old, healthy and full of joy. So many friends, so engaged in the classroom, a naturally skilled athlete. She enjoys a well-rounded diet, and, like most kids her age, enjoys sweets. She’s stronger, and fuller than many of her peers, a result of earlier puberty, and an asset for sports.
Parents
Jan 15, 2025
Doctors can be excellent partners in helping kids develop positive body image and food relationships. We partnered with one of the family physicians in our What to Say Network to share the top advice she gives to parents for supporting kids’ health at home. Here’s what she had to say:
Parents
Dec 2, 2024
WithAll is thrilled to introduce What to Say for Me, a transformative online course for parents. Lisa Radzak, WithAll’s Executive Director and course facilitator, explains who this course is designed for and how it empowers families to break harmful cycles together.
parents
Jul 23, 2024
It’s Olympic season! This exciting event only comes around every two years, offering a wonderful opportunity for families to come together. Whether you're actively watching or just have the games on in the background, they can spark great conversations with family and friends.
parents
May 5, 2024
Raising kids comes with a whirlwind of challenges, from tackling homework meltdowns to figuring out the best snacks for picky eaters. But, what happens when something as fundamental as putting food on the table becomes uncertain? How does food insecurity affect our kids’ relationships with food?
parents
Mar 21, 2024
Chances are that many people reading this, including parents, have been on a diet before or followed some sort of food fad, whether it be a juice cleanse, intermittent fasting, or a commitment to cut sugar out of your life.
parents
Feb 20, 2024
As a mom with little ones running around, I usually realize I'm a bit late to the party when it comes to catching onto what's trendy (although I'm always up to speed on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce – they pretty much occupy all my spare pop culture time). And when it comes to Gen…