From "No Picky Eaters" To "No Over Picky Eaters"

Now children’s picky eating behavior is ubiquitous, Guideline to the Learning and Development of Children Aged 3~6 mentioned that “no picky eaters” in children’s picky eating behavior. Adults have a stringent requirement in children’s picky eating behavior, leading to parents and teachers guiding misconduct in children’s picky eating behavior, thus give some unfavorable impact on children. Therefore, from the children’s point of view to consider,it is very necessary to study on the requirements of children picky behavior.This research uses the observation to observe a middle class which has 35 children in S kindergarten in Chengdu, and used Occurrences Sampling to record the situation of children’s picky eating behavior, the interview method was used to interview 32 parents in this middle class and 20 kindergarten teachers and nurses. The difference of children’s picky eating behavior between at home and at kindergarten is because of the teacher、mates、the way of cooking. On the effects of picky eating behavior on health, the medical reports of the children who picky eating are all qualified; on the aspects of the reason, the small of food, the combination of food, the food texture and the name of food are easily affect children’s picky eating behavior also the way family feeding children and parents’ picky eating behavior, in the coping strategies of picky eaters, parents use the methods of coaxing, exhortations, teachers use feeding, strength the understanding of the nutritional value of food, rewards, to correct children’s picky eating behavior; both parents and teachers are lack of ask children the reason. This research thinks that the requirement of children’s picky eating behavior is too strict, children’s picky eating behavior can be accepted in a certain range. Therefore, This study proposed the following suggestions: Relaxing the requirements on children’s eating habits, change "no picky eaters" to "no over picky eaters", when children appears picky eating behavior, parents and teachers should ask children the reason; treat children differ form man to man.