If you want your child to sit and eat well at a table, trying foods like an adult, set them up for success by making sure they are at the proper height to use utensils. A simple booster seat will keep frustration to a minimum.
Emily Westbrooks is a freelance writer and blogger from Maine. Based in Dublin, she's married to an Irishman and an adoptive mom to Maya and Noah. She writes about travel, parenting, adoption and fostering for sites like Romper and Moxie & Mabel, as well as for her own blog, From China Village.