The strength of this book is that it shows parents that their own “food legacy” can affect their children, and it turns them into advocates for health within their families. Its message is that teaching your kids to eat for life can actually be quite simple. First, you gather information-about yourself, your chidren's develomental stage, and eating style. Then you turn to your kids and apply the four steps of eating for life: 1) Talk to your kids about nutrition 2) Reboot the connection between belly and brain 3) Separate hunger and fullness from other feelings 4) Teach your child to become a confident decision maker It has hands-on exercises you can use immediately as well as tips for fostering an “eat for life” attitude, with guidelines for establishing rules and parameters that fit your family situation.