{"id":2774,"date":"2016-02-28T22:37:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T22:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atriumfamilydental.com\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2018-11-09T22:05:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T22:05:55","slug":"help-your-kids-choose-good-snacks-for-their-dental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atriumfamilydental.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/28\/help-your-kids-choose-good-snacks-for-their-dental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Your Kids Choose Healthy Snacks for Their Dental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We need to promote healthy snacks for good dental health to our kids. \u00a0As a parent, it&#8217;s hard to have healthy snacks on hand that your kids will actually eat. \u00a0Usually they want a bag of chips or cookies that we all know are in the pantry. \u00a0They are easy to grab, so for busy moms and dads, it&#8217;s easy on us. \u00a0We don&#8217;t have to do any prep work, and the kids can go on their merry way.<\/p>\n<p>This week, why not try something new?\u00a0 Cut up 10 carrots. \u00a0I know, peeling and chopping&#8230;but only do it once for the week. \u00a0Put the carrot sticks in the fridge, in a food storage bag. \u00a0When the kids want a snack, offer those. Not a fan of carrots? \u00a0Try grabbing a bag of clementines at the grocery. \u00a0Small, easy enough for a youngster to peel on their own. Or, a bag of pretzels offered with small individual cups of peanut butter can be a winner. \u00a0Change up your snacking this week, and help your kids learn about the importance of keeping those chompers healthy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need to promote healthy snacks for good dental health to our kids. \u00a0As a parent, it&#8217;s hard to have healthy snacks on hand that your kids will actually eat. \u00a0Usually they want a bag of chips or cookies that we all know are in the pantry. \u00a0They are easy to grab, so for busy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-dentistry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Help Your Kids Choose Healthy Snacks for Their Dental Health - Atrium Family Dental Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While kids might want chips and candy as snacks, they can harm their teeth. 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