Child of Mine

Over 120,000 copies sold

In this completely revised edition, Ellyn Satter is as warm, friendly, and entertaining as ever as she offers even more information and guidance about nutrition, feeding, child development, and parenting. She illustrates her advice with stories drawn from her extensive experience and supports it with solid research.

Satter sorts through the extremes and offers parents a practical, common-sense guide to building a loving relationship with their children when it comes to food.

Child of Mine emphasizes the joy, celebration, playfulness, and learning that can be found with eating and food. Ellyn Satter's expertise and her engaging and supportive style have made Child of Mine a must for parenting bookshelves and an essential reference for nutritionists, educators, and mental health professionals.

Rave Reviews

"An excellent source of solid nutrition information...it espouses a philosophy of moderation and common sense that fosters good health, good eating habits, and, most of all, a loving relationship between parents and children." 
—Washington Post

"This is a uniquely comforting, now-I'm-on-the-right-track sort of book...a warm, sensible, professional and expert approach to what is, after all, a universal set of situations."
—Family Journal

"We recommend this book for its superb nutrition information, particularly the discussion of solid foods and toddler eating."
—Journal of Human Lactation

"A wealth of practical and solidly researched information for parents and professionals of all levels of experience. [Satter's] casual, personalized writing style engages the reader and transforms potentially confusing and technical data into understandable and applicable guidelines. It is quite a relief to finally read such a rational, healthy approach to child nutrition."
—Journal of Pediatric Nursing