Food

  • Should you introduce your grandchild to ethnic or national foods? What conversations should you have with parents?
  • What foods healthy for toddlers to teenagers will they eat?
  • How can you encourage your grandchild to eat varied healthy food, including during a period of shortages of some foods and beverages or financial limitations? What conversations should you have with parents?
  • How much and what kinds of snacking between meals is good for children? What conversations should you have with parents?
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages, for a child who is not lactose intolerant, of almond milk, coconut milk, or soy milk as compared with cow’s or goat’s milk? What conversations should you have with parents?