Table 2.

Possible Participant Reasons for Why They Used the Ineffective Vegetable Parenting Practice and a Reformulation for Use in the Feedback Statement

Reason	Reformulated reason in feedback
1. It's worked before with my child.	1. Although it may have worked before…
2. It's what I usually/always do.	2. Doing what you usually do by…
3. I was frustrated.	3. Mealtimes can be frustrating at times, but…
4. I was upset.	4. But insisting…when you are upset…
5. It's easy to do.	5. Although it's easy to…
6. It's what I've seen others do.	6. But insisting…like you have seen others do…
7. My friends told me to try this.	7. Just because a friend suggested that you…
8. It's what I grew up hearing.	8. We all do what we learned growing up, but…