Feeding The Kids.

Feeding The Kids Pamela Gould, Eleanor P. Taylor, Katherine Cason Mancala Publishing PO Box 247, Clemson, SC 29633 9780978938543, $16.95 www.feedingthekids.com

Pamela Gould is an experienced research scientist and educator specializing in health and children's issues. Elanor P. Taylor is a registered nurse, a diabetes educator, and has taught wellness classes on issues ranging from weight loss to chronic disease management. Katherine Cason of a Professor and Lead Researcher at the Clemson University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. All three of these distinguished women draw upon their many years of experience and expertise in "Feeding The Kids: The Flexible, No-Battles, healthy Eating System For The Whole Family", an instruction manual for parents of children ages 3 to 11 on how to not only prepare healthy meals, but get their kids to eat properly without resorting to arguments over food, avoiding 'food-guilt' mechanisms, and be able to truly enjoy family meal times. This 256-page, medically approved, non-extreme, user-friendly, do-it-yourself field guide with its thoroughly 'parent friendly' text is enhanced for the non-specialist general reader with the specific, action-oriented tools, lists, charts, 50 recipes, and 80 menus. An important and strongly recommended addition to community library collections, any parent who has ever had to deal with a reluctant child resistance to eating properly (including the avoidance of junk food) will want to give a careful reading to "Feeding The Kids".