Objectives: To explore child care staff and parent perspectives and communications about children's eating in child care. Design: Focus groups (FGs) conducted with child care staff and parents. Setting: Four Western states in the United States. Participants: Thirty-nine child care staff in 7 FGs and 25 parents in 6 FGs. Phenomenon of Interest: Thoughts and concerns about children's eating and opportunities to improve communication between staff and parents. Analysis: Content analysis (FG coding inter-rater reliability: staff = 0.74; parents = 0.81) and identification of meta-themes. Results: Three meta-themes were identified: (1) recognition of positive influences of the child care setting in children's development of healthy eating; (2) concerns about children's eating in child care and at home; and (3) strategies to improve communications and transactions related to children's eating. (author abstract)