How to have a stress-free family meal

Are your family meals calm and connected? Or have they become dominated by battles with fussy kids or awkward teens? Mum-of-one Ruth Alexander gets advice from experts who share the secrets to taking the stress out of family dinner and how to cope with fussy eaters. She finds out how we can make the table a place everyone wants to be at, tots, teens and adults alike. Produced by Lexy O'Connor and Rumella Dasgupta. Image: A small angry boy with blonde hair is holding a bowl of food and threatening to tip it on the floor as his parents' hands reach out to stop him. Credit:Getty/ skynesher

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How to have a stress-free family meal is an episode from The Food Chain by BBC.

This episode is 26:28 long.

This episode was published on Mar 26, 2026.

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