Parental child feeding practices: how do perceptions of mother, father, sibling, and self vary?

Mothers are important contributors to the development of eating behavior in children, but less is known about the influence of fathers. The purpose of this study was to investigate family perceptions of parental child feeding practices. Seventy two-parent American families including a mother, father, and two biologically related children participated in the study.

Parental use of differential restrictive feeding practices with siblings.

Objective: To investigate associations between sibling weight status, concerns about sibling weight, and parents' differential use of restrictive feeding practices.

Methods: Participants included 70 mother-father pairs with two biological children between 6 and 12 years old. Each parent completed three Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) subscales (perception of child weight, concern about child weight, and restriction) for each participant sibling.