Could you be suffering from the Short-Order Cook Syndrome? 
Do you make more than one meal at night to accommodate the varying preferences of your family? A back-up meal (or an alternate dish) whenever your child won’t eat, or refuses to eat what’s on your table?
If this sounds like you, you may have fallen into the Short-Order Cook Syndrome. Listen in for tips and strategies to beat it without losing your time, patience and sanity.

What You Will Learn:

• The signs and symptoms of the Short-Order Cook Syndrome
• How the short-order cook syndrome plays out at meals and in the home
• How picky eating encourages short-order cooking
• The surprisingly rate of catering among parents of picky eaters
• The why behind short-order cooking
• The cruel reality of short-order cooking on your child’s food demands
• The short- and long-term consequences of the short-order cook syndrome
• What you can do instead and tips for overcoming it

What I Cover in this Episode:

• Common motivations for short-order cooking
• How short-order cooking disturbs the Division of Responsibility
• Why nutrients get short-changed when you’re a short-order cook
• How the short-order cook syndrome may damage your relationship with your family
• How short-order cooking can prolong picky eating and keep your child stuck
• The ways in which your child’s health may suffer
• 8 different ways to overcome the short-order cook syndrome

Links I Mentioned in the Show:

Division of Responsibility
TNC 003: What’s Your Feeding Style?
The Kitchen is Closed
How to Overcome the Short-Order Cook Syndrome (Free Download included)
The Dinner Bar (check the archives as there are a bunch of ideas!)

Help The Nourished Child Grow

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