When parents are busy and older siblings are in activities, both toddlers and preschoolers may be eating foods such as French fries or milk shakes several times a week. Suggest alternative approaches to the busy lifestyle, such as bringing fresh fruit slices along when an older sibling is at a sporting event, keeping a cooler in the car to maintain cool items, and limiting fast food meal to no more than one or two per week. Encourage the family to set times when they all eat together, even if only a few times per week. If children help prepare this family meal, and then eat together, nutritional knowledge and intake can be positively enhanced. When the child is in a childcare center or home, encourage the parents to find out what food is provided for the child in that setting.