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# Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating

For parents of children who struggle with extreme picky eating and the professionals who support them.

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## Posts

- [Brody's Journey: One family's path to tube-weaning and eating by mouth](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/brodys-journey-one-familys-path-to-tube-weaning-and-eating-by-mouth/) - By: Ashlei Fisher Brody William Fisher was born on July 5, 2015 weighing in at 7 pounds 8 ounces and measuring 20 ½ inches long. He was perfect in every way and still is. He nursed well and took pumped breast milk from a bottle with no problems. He loved baby food when he was
- [The Nuance Between a Responsive & Behavioral Approach to Feeding Therapy: Part 2](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/the-nuance-of-a-responsive-vs-behavioral-approach-to-feeding-therapy-part-2-2/) - Part 2: The Case For a Responsive Approach to Feeding Therapy (Missed Part 1: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Professionals & Feeding Intervention? Find it HERE.) Drawbacks of Behavioral Methods in Feeding Therapy Practitioners who use behavioral modification methods in their therapy sessions do so because they believe them to be useful tools for achieving
- [The Nuance Between a Responsive &. Behavioral Approach to Feeding Therapy: Part 1](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/the-nuance-of-a-responsive-vs-behavioral-approach-to-feeding-therapy-part-1/) - Part 1: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Professionals & Feeding Intervention Your child's ABA therapist wants to develop a feeding plan for him right away. What should you know? Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) began in the 1930's with BF Skinner, who believed that radical behaviorism was the lens through which we needed to view human motivation. Even
- [Keeping Your Kids Hydrated in the Heat](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/keeping-your-kids-hydrated-in-the-heat/) - It’s summertime and as the weather heats up, staying hydrated is even more important, especially for our little ones! Dehydration can lead to loss of energy, lethargy, irritability, headaches, difficulty sleeping, constipation, fainting and if severe, can lead to more dire consequences*. Sometimes that cranky toddler is really a thirsty toddler, but with regular opportunities
- [Five ways facilitation can turn into pressure with extreme picky eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/pressure-with-extreme-picky-eating/) - 1. Offer opportunities to sample new foods in a low-pressure environment such as Costco, Trader-Joes or other stores with samples. facilitation: "I'm glad you liked it, I'll pick some up next time I'm at Kroger (Walmart, etc.). Can you help me find oranges?" pressure: "Okay, but there are 64 of them and you promise you'll
- [One Page Essentials Handout for Extreme Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/essentials-handout-for-extreme-picky-eating/) - Parents often ask us for concise information for family and friends: perhaps a grandparent will have your child who struggles with eating for the weekend or you want to share your philosophy with a nanny or childcare provider. Here is a one page handout (click here for free, printable PDF Extreme Picky Eating Essentials) perfect to stick
- [When You Worry That it Won't Work: Lessons from Responsive Tube Weaning (Guest Post 2)](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/when-you-worry-that-it-wont-work-lessons-from-responsive-tube-weaning-guest-post-2/) - This is the second part of our series around using Responsive Feeding Therapy when the stakes are the highest. Our first guest post from Heidi Moreland from Thrive by Spectrum Pediatrics can be found here. When You Worry That It Won’t Work Elisabeth Kraus, MiT; Becky Keifer, MA-SLP, CCC; Lisa Grentz, RD Growing Independent Eaters
- [Responsive Feeding Therapy with Severe Feeding Challenges: Lessons from Responsive Tube Weaning (Guest Post 1)](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/responsive-feeding-therapy-extremepickyeating-tube1/) - From parents and even professionals at workshops, we are often asked, “Well, Responsive Feeding Therapy sounds good, but does it work for children with severe challenges, or who ‘can’t’ feel hunger due to medical issues or feeding tubes?” In this first guest post of two, we explore responsive therapies where relationship, autonomy and trust are guiding
- [Weaning off Distractions with Extreme Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/weaning-off-distractions-with-extreme-picky-eating/) - We recently got a question from a psychologist working with a family. (Details changed.) “I’m working with parents of a seven year old boy with sensory challenges and extreme picky eating. He brings several stuffed animals to the table and insists on feeding them bites before he will eat anything. He seems reluctant to give them
- ["What do I say when..." Extreme Picky Eating Edition](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/what-do-i-say-when-extreme-picky-eating-edition/) - A big challenge that trips parents up daily is, as one mom put it, "Knowing what to say in the moment." Sitting across from a child, parents often feel pulled into those familiar, but counterproductive patterns: the negotiating, bribing, nutrition lectures, sticker charts, or threats around video game time. When the old patterns haven't worked,
- ["Help! My Child Isn't Eating at School!" 8 Fuel-at-School Tips for Picky Eaters](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/school-lunch-extreme-picky-eating/) - School has started for some of us, and will start for the rest of the country soon! A big worry for parents of picky eaters, especially those with more extreme picky eating and anxiety, is what happens at school around food. We get emails with a variation on this theme all the time: "My son
- [Find Your Fit: Your Family's Feeding Therapy Partner](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/find-your-fit-your-familys-feeding-therapy-partner/) - We recently wrote about how different the feeding therapy experience can be and how confusing it is for parents who may be simply handed a referral. One mom who described the eight months her son was in a behavioral feeding therapy program as "traumatic for us both," was furious to learn that she had options.
- [The Trauma Trap: Impact on Families and Feeding](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/traumatrap/) - Trauma: • an injury (such as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent • a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury • an emotional upset We don’t usually use the word trauma when discussing feeding disorders, but we should. Children who
- [My Child Choked and Won't Eat! Help!](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/my-child-choked-and-wont-eat-help/) - We recently got a question from a mother whose daughter had a choking episode and is refusing to eat. "Our six year old had a choking episode two weeks ago, but the food popped out pretty quickly. She is now only drinking Pediasure. Our pediatrician is not concerned since she is drinking Pediasure ("Total nutrition" he said!), but
- [Picky Eating Doesn't Have to Be Lonely](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/picky-eating-doesnt-have-to-be-lonely/) - Picky Eating and Social Isolation One of the main reasons parents and teens seek out help for persistent or “extreme” picky eating has less to do with what they are or aren’t putting in their mouths, and more to do with the very human drive for social connection; the child who misses out on parties
- [conquer picky eating for teens and adults, what "conquer" means to you](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/conquer-picky-eating-for-teens-and-adults-what-conquer-means-to-you/) - When we were mulling over the title of our book for teens and adults, we hit on the word “conquer.” Conquer Picky Eating for Teens and AdultsConquer is a bold word, and one that we invite you to define in a way that works for you. conquer: to overcome, get the better of, control, master, get
- [Giving Your Teen a Self-help Book About Picky/Selective Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/supporting-your-teen-with-picky-selective-eating/) - Maybe you’ve given up hope. Maybe you decided fighting over every bite wasn’t worth it so your teen fixes a bowl of cereal or you pick up a plain burger and fries on the way home from work most nights. Maybe you are still trying the bribes, rewards, nagging, punishment tactics you’ve been doing for years.Maybe
- [Feeding Therapy Approaches Differ When Children Struggle to Eat: Find the Right Help for Your Family](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/finding-the-right-help-when-children-struggle-to-eat-or-grow/) - The article, When Your Baby Won't Eat chronicles the heartbreak and triumph of one family's journey with pediatric feeding struggles. The author and mother shares some of the confusion around finding the right help for her family. Virginia Sole-Smith writes, “Do you try to correct the behavior- training a child to eat well –Pavlov Style- or do
- [A Journey to Healing and Growth: One Mother's Telling](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/child-refusing-to-eat-arfid/) - Bethany’s Journal: Amari's Journey of Healing Amari, age two, was adopted at age 14 months from Ethiopia and initially had some hoarding behaviors. After being home for about a year, her eating changed dramatically, with no identifiable cause. While underlying medical causes were being evaluated, Bethany needed help. The following are excerpts from Bethany’s
- [The Art of the Pile-On: Family-Style at It's Finest](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/pile-on-family-style-picky/) - I learned about the “pile-on” from friends at work many years ago—the modern version of a pot-luck, where everyone brings 1-2 ingredients to put together a meal. We usually enjoyed the Mexican Pile-On, with tortillas, chips, ground beef, shredded chicken, beans, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream, cheese, olives, etc. The “pile-on” is the fun part: everyone
- [What is "Responsive" Feeding Therapy?](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/what-is-responsive-feeding-therapy/) - Responsive feeding therapy is facilitating (re)discovery of internal cues, curiosity and strengths, while building skills (mastery). “You don’t teach development, development is discovery.” Serena Wieder PhD (video on DIR Floortime) Responsive therapies respond to each child, meeting the child where he or she is, not following a strict protocol without deviation.
- [Is STEPs+ Approach "Enough" for Children with Complex Developmental or Medical Challenges?](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/is-steps-approach-enough-for-children-with-complex-developmental-or-medical-challenges/) - The following is Jenny's (SLP, co-author) response to a comment that the STEPs+ approach described in our book, Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating may not be "enough" for children with complex medical or developmental problems. The comment implied that the approach was solely about placing food on the child's tray day after day; the response follows:
- [Facilitating (Not Forcing) Your Child's Eating (Extreme Picky Eating Edition)](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/facilitating-childs-picky-eating/) - "I'm not forcing, I'm just aggressively facilitating..." I was watching a show on Netflix* when I caught this line, "I'm not forcing, I'm just aggressively facilitating." My ears perked at the words facilitation and force, and of course made me think of children with extreme picky eating, of feeding, and the "aggressive facilitation" that can sometimes happen,
- [Trust Your Turtle: Patience with Picky Eating Progress](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/trust-your-turtle-patience-with-picky-eating-progress/) - Here's a story I read recently and shared with a client when she asked, "How can I get my daughter to accept new foods on her plate once she's feeling good about her safe foods? Can't I just put them on her plate?" A woman was with her college geology class on a field trip by a
- [Confessions of a Mommy Feeding Therapist](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/confessions-of-a-mommy-feeding-therapist/) - Working with families who struggle to feed their children on a daily basis, I often hear, "Your kids must be great eaters!" or "I bet you don't have any trouble at the table with your kids!". Well, let me tell you, it isn't quite that simple. As a feeding therapist, I am confident that what
- [REFERENCES for ASHA 2016: Provision of Feeding Intervention in the Context of Responsive Feeding](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/references-for-asha-2016-provision-of-feeding-intervention-in-the-context-of-responsive-feeding/) - Jenny presented at the National American Speech Language and Hearing Convention (ASHA) this week, along with the clinical coordinator of the Tube Weaning Program, Heidi Moreland, SLP at Spectrum Pediatrics. There were extensive references included in their presentation and this research supports our work with responsive feeding and creating a healthy relationship with food for new and fragile eaters. We thought others
- [Navigating Relational Feeding in a Medically-Minded World: When Calories Aren't the Whole Picture](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/navigating-relational-feeding-in-a-medically-minded-world-when-calories-arent-the-whole-picture/) - For many families, weekly (sometimes daily) doctor and therapy appointments are the norm rather than the exception. They strive to make everything fit into the schedule, because doing so keeps their child "well"- or at least not sick- and hopefully making medical or developmental gains due to professional, sometimes intensive intervention. This may be a temporary
- [Childhood Fears: Food or Fluffy, the Fear is Real](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/children-afraid-of-food-or-eating/) - When M was little she had a dog phobia. I’m talking screaming, climbing on me, uncontrollable fear of even a toy poodle. I can’t count how many people tried to talk her out of her fear, usually with a dog thrust into her personal space, and often against my explicit requests for them to stop.
- [Ask,  "What's Important Now" (WIN) to Help Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/ask-whats-important-now-win-to-help-your-child-with-extreme-picky-eating/) - I was at a conference recently speaking about ARFID (avoidant restrictive food intake disorder) with folks who treat eating disorders and some who provide early feeding support in the community. When I can, I reserve a chunk of time for discussion and Q and A-- for selfish reasons, partly. I almost always come away with some new
- [Empathy and Understanding, The Foundation for Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/understanding-for-helping-extreme-picky-eating/) - "Learning what issues play a role in our son’s picky eating helped us connect the dots and problem-solve creatively." *You can learn to trust yourself and your child around food. That may feel impossible when you worry that she won’t eat enough or hasn’t progressed in months or years, and that things may even be getting worse. Understanding what
- [The Manners Monster: 5 Tips for Taming the Beast at the Table](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/the-manners-monster-5-tips-for-taming-the-beast-at-the-table/) - Do you ever find yourself wanting to pull out your hair at mealtimes because your children's manners are atrocious? I do. From my almost-tween putting his feet on other people's chairs and sitting sideways while he eats, to my second son burping loudly and using his hands to eat, to my preschooler throwing her food
- [Picky Eating Progress Reports: Spirited 3 1/2 year-old](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/extreme-picky-eating-success-progress/) - Sharing one mom's early successes (and tips) with her son with extreme picky eating. My 3.5 year old and I needed some help. I read your book, Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating and started the process this past Friday. While reading the book I realized how emotional I have been about our struggle with
- [Food Allergies and the "Spotlight of Difference": Guest Post](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/food-allergies-guest-post/) - Children may face eating challenges for various reasons. Children with extreme picky eating tend to experience higher levels of anxiety, around food and in general. Perhaps the most anxiety-provoking feeding challenge that parents face is life-threatening food allergies. Some children with extreme picky eating also struggle with food allergies, which can complicate the picture even
- [When "It's Not Working": 10 Opportunities to Support Children with Extreme Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/its-not-working-10-tips-picky-eating/) - Top ten opportunities we see to help children with picky eating, extreme and typical.
- [5 Tips to Support, Not Sabotage, Your Child's Appetite](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/support-childs-appetite-picky-eating/) - Support appetite for picky eaters.
- [Medscape's 'War and Peace at the Dinner Table': Is MAKING Kids Eat the "Only Way", and Other Points to Ponder](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/making-kids-eat-picky-eating/) - Commentary on extreme picky eating, making children eat food, the role of sensory or oral motor challenges in picky eating and responsive feeding.
- [Take the Headache Out of Holiday Meals, For You and Your Selective Eater](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/protecting-picky-eater-holidays/) - Holidays can be hard for any number of reasons. But with the intense focus on food and meals, they can be especially challenging for parents of children with extreme picky eating. So let’s say… Timmy is a selective eater… You've hated cranberry sauce since your folks forced you to eat it as a child and
- [Feeding Contraption for Convenience Doesn't Make the Cut](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/feeding-contraption-for-convenience-doesnt-make-the-cut/) - When I came across this new invention that made it on to Shark Tank recently, my first thought was "huh". The "Beebo's industry-leading technology holds your baby’s bottle for you, allowing you to use your free hand without restriction." When describing what the Beebo does, the biggest draw for parents is that it is "hands-free".
- [Musings on Anxiety, Sensitivities, and Extreme Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/anxiety-sensitivities-picky-eating/) - Earlier this week, a study came out linking moderate and extreme picky eating with anxiety and depression in children. It has caused quite a stir in the media, with headlines like, “Is picky eating causing depression?” That grabs attention! With one in three parents describing their child as "picky" at some point, the reporting on
- [Doctors: Support Parents of Children with Picky Eating (from Typical to Extreme)](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/doctors-support-parents-of-children-with-picky-eating/) - We were so excited to see this recent article, A Practical Approach to Classifying and Managing Feeding Difficulties (Kerzner et al. 2015) from the Journal of Pediatrics. It does a great job of providing an overview of feeding challenges: underlying factors, screening, red-flags, and a user-friendly format for primary care providers who are the front
- [Moving from GET to LET: Supporting the Child with Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/words-matter-picky-eating/) - Words matter when thinking and discussing children with picky eating.
- [Milk is Food: Improving Appetite for Toddlers with Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/milk-is-food-improving-appetite-for-toddlers-with-picky-eating/) - Some picky eaters prefer to drink their calories. Tips to support appetite for toddlers.
- [The Lonely Kitchen Island: Physical Obstacles to Family Meals](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/kitchen-island-obstacles-family-meals/) - Making family meals the easier option for picky eaters and everyone.
- ["But It's Healthy!" The Lure of Nutrition Talk and How it Fails with Extreme Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/nutrition-talk1-picky-eating/) - We had a little boy over for lunch recently. His mom asked what I do for work and when I told her, her eyes lit up. "He's so picky! Maybe you can get him to eat something!" From the spread at lunch, he happily stuck with bread and butter, and we had a lovely time.
- [Chew on This: Considerations for Development of Oral Skills in Extreme Picky Eaters](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/chew-on-this-considerations-for-development-of-oral-skills-in-extreme-picky-eaters/) - When I evaluate a toddler that hasn’t made the transition to table food, one of the first questions I ask is “Did he mouth on toys/hands/lovies as an infant?” If the answer is yes, I always ask how much and how that child compared to other children in the home with regard to mouthing and
- [What is the STEPS+ Approach to Extreme Picky Eating?](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/steps-approach-extreme-pickyeating/) - What can parents do when feeding is such a struggle that it feels like their only options are to fight over every bite, or to surrender and serve a child's limited accepted foods day after day, year after year? How can parents lovingly support their child with extreme picky eating? That is the essential question
- [What is 'Extreme' Picky Eating?](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/define-extreme-pickyeating/) - Authors discuss typical and extreme picky eating with examples of extreme picky eating, different terms and reasoning behind them.
- [Say Cheese! Exploring Preference and Changing Tastes with Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/picky-eating-say-cheese/) - Author and feeding therapist describes her journey to embracing cheese and how parents of children with extreme picky eating can support the process.
- [He'll Grow Out of It? Disappointing Guideline from Picky Eating Study](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/picky-eating-study-guidelines/) - Post on picky eating research and parents of picky eaters struggling to find a feeding therapy partner.

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/) - Hope, understanding, and practical strategies that really work. for parents get the book now End mealtime battles and anxiety with practical strategies and tips to help turn around even “extreme” picky eating. Relationship-building steps replace power struggles, rewards and bribes. Help your child eat to the best of their ability.What parents are saying for teens and
- [about Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/about-the-book-2/) - about the book You don’t have to choose between fighting over every bite and only serving a handful of safe foods. There is hope, even if your child ‘failed’ feeding therapies. After gaining a foundation of understanding of your child’s challenges and the dynamics at play, you’ll be ready to transform feeding and meals so
- [bibliography](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/bibliography/) - abridged bibliography for Helping Your Child book Partial Bibliography and suggested reading from Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating Some of our favorites Kerzner, B., K. Milano et al. 2015. A practical approach to classifying and managing feeding difficulties. Pediatrics. 135(2):344-53 Batsell, W.R., A.S. Brown, M.E. Ansfield and G.Y. Paschall. 2002. “You Will Eat
- [Workbook for Teens and Adults](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/teenadultresources/) - picky eating workbook for teens and adults As an outpatient eating disorder and feeding dynamics specialist, I know this one-of-a-kind book will greatly benefit my clients to gain the skills and confidence to regulate food intake and gain eating competence. I can’t wait to see their relief from the brutalness of picky eating and their
- [about and from the authors](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/about-authors/) - about the authors After seeing too many children who have struggled and even “failed” feeding therapies, Katja Rowell and Jenny McGlothlin stopped wishing there was a go-to resource for parents of children with extreme picky eating and wrote it themselves. Katja is a medical doctor with expertise in relational and responsive feeding, and Jenny is a
- [Free Download](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/free/) - free download buy the book Subscribe * indicates required Email Address * First Name Last Name Website Help us know what you need I am a parent I am a professional who supports parents
- [media and speaking](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/media-and-speaking/) - We're Here to Help... Extreme picky eating impacts one in ten kids. Rowell and McGlothlin provide up-to-date, compassionate, and effective content for your project and program development. Anyone working with children can benefit from a better understanding of the hows and whys of eating problems, from school nurses and early childhood staff, to pediatricians and
- [support for parents](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/about-the-book/articles-and-interviews/) - support for parents To move from that place of fear to this moment in time, I had to trust TJ with eating. It sounds easy. It’s not. Sky Van Zetten Mealtime Hostage parent expert articles and posts Concept of Pediatric Feeding Problems: From the Parent Perspective, American Journal of Maternal and Child Nursing 2016 When Your
- [reader reviews](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/reader-reviews/) - This is the book that I hand out to every parent I meet who is struggling with some sort of extreme picky eating. It’s a problem that can be frustrating, terrifying and wildly isolating – even feeding kids is a topic that our culture has incredibly clear ideas about. Rowell and McGlothlin navigate the larger
- [schools and childcare](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/for-schools-and-childcare/) - teachers and childcare providers: you can help Teachers and school or childcare staff may eat as many or more meals with a child as parents do. You have an opportunity to help children learn to grow up and feel good about eating and food! There are many things you can do to help, and
- [for feeding professionals](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/for-feeding-professionals/) - for feeding professionals I have taken A LOT of courses over the years, and I take bits and pieces from all of them. You will find great ideas out there, but it is all in the way you pull them together and present them to the child, and then HOW YOU RESPOND to the child
- [Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating book](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/about-the-book/) - about the book buy the book You don’t have to choose between fighting over every bite and only serving a handful of foods. There is hope, even if your child ‘failed’ feeding therapies. After gaining a foundation of understanding of your child’s challenges and the dynamics at play, you’ll be ready to transform feeding and
- [Home](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/home/) - Help Your Child With Extreme Picky Eating “Lots of books promise to help solve picky eating. This one actually does. It’s a comprehensive masterpiece of feeding advice for the parent struggling with a food-averse child.” -Skye Van Zetten, mom of a selective eater and blogger at Mealtime Hostage Barnes & Noble Amazon Who
- [blog](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/blog/) - Stay tuned for relevant research, timely topics and tips, and frequently asked questions. Join the conversation on our facebook page *The information on this blog and website is for informational purposes only. It is not meant to replace careful evaluation and treatment. If you have concerns about your or your child’s eating, nutrition or growth,
- [helpful gear and links for parents](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/resources/) - helpful gear and links for parents Happiness is the most important factor at mealtimes and in therapy programs to help children develop feeding skills. Unhappiness gets in the way of helping children move toward their most comfortable and skillful relationship with food and liquid. Suzanne Evans-Morris PhD SLP EXTREME PICKY EATING RESOURCES Helpful Gear Chewy
- [Resources](https://www.extremepickyeating.com/learn-more-2/) - Resources for Parents

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