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A psychologist says parents of healthy kids have these 10 things in common

Rafi Letzter   

A psychologist says parents of healthy kids have these 10 things in common
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Parents want their children to develop healthy eating habits, but figuring out how to do that can be a challenge - especially when excessively policing food can lead to dangerous, unhealthy eating.

Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair is a family and children's clinical psychologist and author of books like "The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age."

She sat down with Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois, hosts of the parenting podcast "Mom and Dad Are Fighting" to discuss how parents can help their kids, and especially their daughters, develop food habits that are both mentally and physically healthy.

Based on that discussion, here are the key things parents of kids with a healthy approach to eating have in common: 

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