Parents can find creative ways to "guide" their children.

Healthy diets lead to healthy minds, and there is no reason to pacify children with chips, pop, or candy. Use them sparingly, and maybe as "frosting" after all is eaten.

I'm no expert, but plenty of very important foods can be incorporated into their diets, like iron ... Liver. If that doesn't work, try Chicken Liver, and if that doesn't work, Spinach or Swiss Chard are good alternatives for iron.

Like with beets. First time my kids saw them their minds were made up just by looking at them wet-red things. But use your instincts. After their first reaction, I simply said "Cool! More...SUGAR beets for me!"...(big delay)..."You said Sugar Beets?" Had 'em, hook, line and sinker. They were fighting over who got "more beets than me" before you knew it.

But don't be fooled by the propaganda out there against meat. There are groups out there that use protein-free diets to control people. Weak body=weak spirit. Fish, Turkey, Chicken, Beef, even Pork, all very good for you, very important for protein, and essential for a growing child, in moderation with a balance of other products.

Reward your child with attention, not food. Obesity rates in children are an epidemic today.

Expect your child to imitate your habits, so if you drink, expect them to experiment, too. If you do high-risk activities, then don't blame them when they do. Treat others with disrespect, then you'll raise children that won't respect you. Eat a balanced diet, and watch them grow. Like with anything in life, love starts on the inside, and works its way out. Teach those children by first focusing on you.

And remember that we are human, we make mistakes, then look at you. See yourself as a gift, exactly as you were created, so you can adore that which created you, pure in spirit that does not have the boundaries of race, color, creed, preference, or national origin. Your self-love will show in your diet, and lifestyle, and your children will do the same. Too many expect their children to make them happy, and just like food, love never comes from the outside in.

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