How to have a stress-free family meal

如何享受无压力的家庭聚餐

The Food Chain

2026-03-26

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Are your family meals calm and connected? Or have they become dominated by battles with fussy kids or awkward teens? Mum-of-one Ruth Alexander gets advice from experts who share the secrets to taking the stress out of family dinner and how to cope with fussy eaters. She finds out how we can make the table a place everyone wants to be at, tots, teens and adults alike. Produced by Lexy O'Connor and Rumella Dasgupta. Image: A small angry boy with blonde hair is holding a bowl of food and threatening to tip it on the floor as his parents' hands reach out to stop him. Credit:Getty/ skynesher
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • The other week I was sitting down to dinner with my family.

  • Salmon with lime butter, coriander and rice.

  • One of my favourites.

  • Not one of my five-year-old's favourites.

  • He usually needs a bit of coaxing.

  • But this time he refused.

  • Dug his heels right in.

  • And then I did too.

  • It wasn't good.

  • I was telling my producer about it afterwards.

  • She's a mother to teenagers, so been there, done that, I thought.

  • Perhaps she'll have some advice.

  • Instead, like she told me, what she has is a list on her phone of meals her 16-year-old will eat.

  • Neither of us, it turns out, are confident we're getting it right when it comes to feeding our children.

  • So today on The Food Chain from the BBC World Service with me,

  • Ruth Alexander, we want to know what the secret is to stress-free family mealtimes.

  • How do you make dinner time less of a conflict zone and more of something everyone can enjoy?

  • From young children through to teenagers and not forgetting us grown-ups.

  • Joining me is Dr. Anne Fischel, a clinical psychologist,