As a mother, I prefer to give a healthy snack, however... : Mothers’ considerations and value conflicts while providing snacks to their 2-7-year-old children

Abstract

the decision of which snack is provided is mostly taken on the eating moment itself (Loth et al., 2020a). More specifically, parents are relatively flexible towards the quality and the type of snack consumed by their children, as they have fewer and less-structured rules for snacking occasions than main meals (