Variety 101: A course for parents of picky eaters

Help your child eat more veggies. Or protein. Or whatever is important to YOU.

Low pressure, less mealtime battles, kids who learn to ENJOY exploring foods. The DREAM.

This course teaches YOU (the parent or raiser of tiny humans) how to prevent and reduce selective eating WHILE promoting a healthy relationship with food. We also talk lots about navigating selective eating with sensory needs PLUS this course incorporates tips that can be tailored to your family’s unique needs.

Course FAQ

Hi 👋 I’m Dr. Taylor and I am so glad you are here! I have a PhD in nutrition, am a pediatric registered dietitian, and am a mom of 2 (soon to be 3).

In this course, I share the science (with citations – of course), my clinical experience, and a little bit of mom know-how. Each video is complete with key points, homework, additional resources, and citations (if applicable) in the caption. Some videos have PDF downloads too! A fully comprehensive course.

One of my favorite parts of this course? It’s FREE. 100% completely free. No up-selling, no saving my best info for inside a paid membership, no annoying sales e-mails. I believe that EVERY parent should have easy access to this info. So I decided to take action on that belief and create this course.

Variety 101 is hosted on YouTube, and is FREE to all. Lesson summaries, homework, downloads, important resources, and citations are all in the video descriptions — so make sure to read those for each video!

Variety 101 – the picky eating course

Variety 101: a FREE course about preventing and reversing picky eating for kids

There might be a medical, environmental, or genetic cause to your child’s picky eating

When to get expert help for picky eating: tips from a dietitian, nutrition PhD, and mom of 3

Correct seating positions, distractions and MORE affect what your kids eat

What EXACTLY are safe foods and how can you use them for picky eaters –nutrition doctor mom’s tips

Simple ways to expand your child’s diet variety AND help them get used to food changes

Easy and FREE tools and tricks to help your child CHOOSE to eat new and not preferred foods

Messy play with food IS NOT BAD MANNERS. Why I recommend this play as a nutrition doctor mom

Use marketing psychology and cartoons to help your picky eater

The biggest lie about grocery shopping with kids (a video for BUSY parents)

5 steps to using cooking with kids to help them eat more veggies + age appropriate cooking tasks

Nutrition doctor explains how food chaining can help your picky eater try new foods

Wrapping up Variety 101 – a FREE course to help expand diet variety in kids (for picky eaters too!)

FAQ

This course is for parents of kids 1-12 years old. While this course is geared towards parents whose kids fall into the “picky eater” bucket – it is useful for anyone who wants to help their kids expand their diet variety. If you feel stressed about your kids’ veggie intake… this is the course for you!

Depends! Growing Intuitive Eaters 101 is usually the best place to start. However, if you feel really good about your child’s relationship with food (and yours) – then this may be the best place to start! These courses are designed so you can come back to the videos that you need, when you need them. So you may find that you will need to come back to these videos as your family’s feeding journey evolves.

This course is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for medical and professional nutrition support. A child with ARFID usually needs a full team of medical professionals including a pediatrician, dietitian, psychologist or eating disorder therapist, and other specialists. While this course and the strategies within may be useful for parents of children with ARFID, it is not the only tool that should be used.

Maybe! Every neurodivergent child is different and will need different eating supports. The strategies included in this course are neurodiversity affirming and absolutely useful for many neurospicy kids. However, many neurodivergent kids will need different or modified strategies. If you have an ADHD kid, check out my Feeding Kids with ADHD course for ADHD specific strategies (which still builds on the things discussed in this course)!

Because I think every parent deserves to have evidence-based, helpful, and FREE information to support them in feeding their kids. This course is a comprehensive picky eating and selective eating course — and I promise I won’t try to upsell you on anything or hide my best information behind a paywall.