Want your child to eat vegetables without a fight? Try this one simple shift

Parenting battles over veggies are classic where the fussing, the negotiations, the “just one bite please” come from good intentions but often backfire as pressure increases resistance and children simply shut down. If you want your child to eat vegetables without the nightly fight, one simple shift is repeated neutral exposure. It is one of the most effective tools as it does not require force, bribes or patience beyond consistency instead, just small tastes, offered regularly and without pressure and over time what was once rejected often becomes accepted. Offer small, repeated exposures to the target vegetable (or vegetables), neutrally, without pressure or praise, until liking and intake improve. That is the core. According to a 2011 study published in Appetite , repeated exposure