Louisa R. reviewed French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters on + 10 more book reviews
While reading French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Le Billon, I learned how central food is to French culture and their lifestyle. It's as if most every French person's main hobby is appreciating good food. It was fascinating to learn the differences in eating habits between North American and French kids. I like how Le Billon organizes the book into food rules, or habits that Americans or anyone can apply to their family's diet. She's not afraid to explain where she feels the French go overboard, why she'll never really fully appreciate or understand their relationship with food, and her complicated relationship with her French mother-in-law. Her writing style is easy to read and highly entertaining and the recipes in the back are helpful. I hope Le Billon comes out with a whole cookbook of recipes.
This book gives me confidence to make healthy meals that I want my family to eat and not just resort to "kid-friendly" recipes or what I think my kids might like. It's necessary for parents to expect their kids to be good eaters, not picky eaters. This means parents must set a good example and eat their vegetables, too.
This book gives me confidence to make healthy meals that I want my family to eat and not just resort to "kid-friendly" recipes or what I think my kids might like. It's necessary for parents to expect their kids to be good eaters, not picky eaters. This means parents must set a good example and eat their vegetables, too.
