Coparenting in the feeding context: perspectives of fathers and mothers of preschoolers

Tan, Cin Cin; Domoff, Sarah E.; Pesch, Megan H.; Lumeng, Julie C.; Miller, Alison L.

doi:10.1007/s40519-019-00730-8

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“…Given that many children are cared for by multiple caregivers; it may be helpful when possible to include co-parents and other family members in the intervention, as disagreements among family members can cause challenges. Of note, most interventions still focus on mothers [45] as they often remain responsible for child feeding [39, 46]. Yet, fathers are increasingly recognized as playing a key role [46, 44, 43] and are more involved in child care and household routines than ever before.…”

Section: Family System Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Of note, most interventions still focus on mothers [45] as they often remain responsible for child feeding [39, 46]. Yet, fathers are increasingly recognized as playing a key role [46, 44, 43] and are more involved in child care and household routines than ever before. Thus, interventions that focus only on mothers may be limited in their scope; interventions that address the broader family system, though complicated, will likely be more sustainable.…”

Section: Family System Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Child, Caregiver, Family, and Social-Contextual Factors to Consider when Implementing Parent-Focused Child Feeding Interventions

Miller

Clark

2018

Curr Nutr Rep

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Purpose of Review: Interventions that aim to alter child eating behaviors often focus on parents as a proximal influence. Yet, parents can be difficult to engage. Therefore, intervention recommendations are often not implemented as designed. The goal of this review is to highlight factors at multiple contextual levels that are important to consider when developing interventions to address child eating, due to their implications for overcoming parent engagement challenges. Recent Findings: Intervention studies suggest that parents are often the key to successfully changing child eating behaviors, and many interventions focus on feeding. Factors such as child eating phenotypes; parent stress; family system dynamics; and sociodemographic constraints have also been identified as shaping food parenting. Summary Challenges at multiple contextual levels can affect the likelihood of parent engagement. addressing factors at the child-, parent-, family- and broader social-contextual levels of influence is essential in order to promote best practices for parent-focused feeding interventions.

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Section: Family System Factorsmentioning

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Section: Family System Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child, Caregiver, Family, and Social-Contextual Factors to Consider when Implementing Parent-Focused Child Feeding Interventions

Miller

Clark

2018

Curr Nutr Rep

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“…Lastly, this study generally relied on heteronormative gender roles while observing and reporting data. While recent research has supported the consistency with which parents propagate heteronormative feeding styles researchers should work to minimize their dependence on these structures [ 25 ]. The use of the terms ‘mother’ and ‘father’ throughout the manuscript was a stylistic choice for ease of reading, but potentially misidentified participants’ relationships and genders.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Feeding in the Digital Age: An Observational Analysis of Mobile Device Use during Family Meals at Fast Food Restaurants in Italy

Kiefner‐Burmeister

Domoff

Radesky

2020

IJERPH

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Caregiver mobile phone use while monitoring children is a behavior of increasing prevalence. Family mealtimes have long been considered a time in which parents and children connect emotionally and model eating behaviors, but prior studies have documented less parent-child conversation and more negative parent reactions to child behavioral bids at the table during parent phone use. Research on this topic to date is sparse and focuses only on US populations. The current study used non-participant naturalistic observation to record data on parental mealtime device use and family interactions while dining with children in a fast food restaurant in Italy. Thirty seven families (individuals observed = 129) were observed at a restaurant for the duration of their meal. Qualitative analysis of field notes indicated that mobile phones are frequently used by caregivers during feeding interactions. A novel observation in the current study was different patterns of use by parent gender and age. Mothers appeared to divide their attention between phone and child, whereas fathers evidenced more continuous mobile phone use during which there was lower responsiveness towards children during the meal. Younger parents more frequently used mobile phones, compared to older parents. Parents who missed child bids for attention were all phone users during the mealtime.

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“…Picky eating is a multifaceted problem as it induces parent meal time stress; parents report being frustrated with food waste and stressed about having to prepare separate meals for their children who are picky‐eaters 81 . Picky eating is also an ongoing parenting and co‐parenting challenge: qualitative reports have indicated that while mothers and fathers of preschool children share many feeding goals and strategies (including having their children eat healthy foods), they disagree in terms of when and how much they control their child's food intake, especially with respect to snacking and junk food 82 . Interviews also suggest incongruencies in parent feeding behaviors, including each parent's impressions of the other's approach to intake of high‐calorie foods, 82,83 which can increase the risk of child obesogenic behaviors 84 …”

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Show or tell: Children's learning about food from action vs verbal testimony

DeJesus

Venkatesh

2020

Pediatric Obesity

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Summary Background Childhood obesity continues to be a critical health concern in the United States. Nonetheless, interventions that focus on delivering verbal lessons about food and health to children in preschool classrooms have had only modest effects. Objectives The present study examines the relative effectiveness of showing vs telling children about food to promote healthy eating, with a focus on unfamiliar foods and vegetables. Methods Three‐ to six‐year‐old children (n = 71) were tested in a laboratory study in which they watched videos of two people eating apple‐broccoli puree. One person took five bites of the food; the other said they liked the food. Results Children did not differentiate between the food they saw someone eat and the food they heard someone talk about. Children's food intake was negatively associated with parent reports of children's eating behavior on the Food Fussiness subscale of the Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire. We found similar patterns in an analogous toy task. In an unfamiliar object task, children selected the action demonstration as the right way to use the object. Conclusions We find no evidence that action vs verbal testimony is more persuasive in guiding children's food choices, but action testimony may be persuasive in other domains. The associations between children's food intake and pickiness provide growing evidence of alignment between parent assessments of their children's typical eating behavior and children's food choices in laboratory studies.

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Coparenting in the feeding context: perspectives of fathers and mothers of preschoolers

Cited by 19 publications

References 64 publications

Child, Caregiver, Family, and Social-Contextual Factors to Consider when Implementing Parent-Focused Child Feeding Interventions

Child, Caregiver, Family, and Social-Contextual Factors to Consider when Implementing Parent-Focused Child Feeding Interventions

Feeding in the Digital Age: An Observational Analysis of Mobile Device Use during Family Meals at Fast Food Restaurants in Italy

Show or tell: Children's learning about food from action vs verbal testimony

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