What time is the latest teens should be eating? My 14 year old will often come looking for something to eat as late as 11 pm! She eats a full dinner with the family around seven pm and then does homework or relaxes on her phone. She goes to sleep well after me, so...
Are you wondering about serving your kids an evening or pre-bed snack? It can be confusing knowing if it’s necessary or appropriate, when to provide it, and what to serve. I see a lot of the fear or confusion about evening snacks comes from the diet rule to not...
Summer snacking is so important for adolescents. Days are longer, they’re busier, and they often don’t want to take the time for long meals. Snacks are always an important focus for providing nutrition and nourishment for adolescents, but there are some...
It’s often difficult to find brace-safe snack options, especially when kids and teens are used to choosing pretzels, chips, popcorn, crackers, and the like, for snacks. So let’s discuss some snacks to eat with braces! Braces or other dental implements are pretty...
Easy after school snacks for teens & tweens Ideally, teens & tweens are eating every 2-4 hours. This is often hard to do in school, but this year, with shorter breaks between class, mask wearing, and fewer opportunities to eat, I’ve been seeing teens and...
These crackers are so easy to make and taste so good, you’ll want to keep making them until your ingredients are all used up. Crackers as part of a healthy childhood Parents will often bemoan having to buy crackers as a less nutritious snack for their tweens and...
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