Table 1.

Effective and Ineffective Vegetable Parenting Practices for Parents of Preschool Children and the Reasons They Were Considered Effective or Ineffective

Vegetable parenting practices, statement	Reasons considered effective or ineffective
Effective
1. Vegetables will make you strong.	1. Providing rationale
2. Hmmm, this is really good, try it.	2. Modeling parent preference
3. Look, I'm eating my veggie. Why don't you try yours?	3. Modeling parent intake with positive suggestion
Ineffective
1. If you don't taste the veggie, you can't go play.	1. Punishing—non-food
2. You can't get up from the table until you taste the veggie.	2. Punishing—non-food
3. No dessert until you eat your veggie.	3. Punishing—food
4. It's a veggie and I have a new toy for you if you taste it.	4. Contingency management—non-food
5. You can have some candy if you taste the food.	5. Contingency management—food
6. I'm going to be sooo sad if you don't taste the veggie.	6. Guilt—sad
7. Make me happy and just eat your veggie.	7. Guilt—happy
8. Just eat it.	8. Command