The availability of junk foods and screens is increasingly creating challenges for parents. But in the home environment, parents shape their children’s diet, activity, screen time and health. This includes managing the foods they eat and the activities available to them, and the expectations around these. We know early childhood is a key time to influence and establish health-related behaviours, so this is important right from the beginning. Although it can be hard to think about the longer term impacts of meals and screen time during the early years, setting in place a few key healthy and sustainable practices could save a lot of effort and conflict in the long run. That being said, making changes to your family routine is possible at any time. Setting up Healthy Family Practices and Expectations The Australian government has guidelines around healthy eating, physical activity and screen time for children to promote optimal health and development. The recommendations …