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“Just don’t bring it into the house!” Stupid things experts say #5
This one makes me crazy. I hear it over and over. Some doctor or other “expert” scolds parents, “Hey, you’re the parent, just don’t bring it into the house!” A recent article on kids eating had this...
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reader’s happy ending to sugary cereal quandry…
This was sent to me by a reader who followed my sugary cereal battles last year. I am happy to report, that the issue is also resolved in our home as well. I love getting these kinds of emails from...
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“child-sized” portion of dessert and mall fun
Note, I will be out of town and not posting for the week of Jan 20- Jan 29th… We went to Rosedale mall recently. A few thoughts… One of our favorite things at the Rosedale mall is looking for fossils...
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putting food away doesn’t mean it’s “off-limits”
We had another opportunity to deal with candy over the Holidays. Every year we do a Gingerbread house, this year M also did one at school which was basically half a tub of frosting, 5 graham crackers...
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kids and nutrition talk #4, “frosting nutriency…”
I think all the talk at kids about nutrition is not only wasted hot air, but also harmful. They don’t get it… Case in point, kids and nutrition talk #4… (I think it’s #4, I wasn’t planning on a...
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the candy stash, and Big Brother
M had the candy stash from school yesterday. (Check out an old post about handling candy stash days...) She had one or two pieces with her after-school snack, then this morning, she asked for a sucker...
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schools teach shame and craving of “forbidden foods”
More insanity with the schools around food… It is getting worse, people. When it happens to your child, please make a stand and tell the schools it’s not OK… My daughter’s school is a “sweet-free...
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reader’s happy ending to sugary cereal quandry…
Here is a great story from a reader. I love how she dealt with this tricky cereal situation! It can be extra hard when parents have different ideas about what to serve. Notice it took a year, but D...
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Parents on dessert with dinner
I asked my facebook readers and a few past clients to share their experiences with serving dessert with the meal. For many workshop attendees or new clients, this is the idea they struggle most to...
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Healing Food Preoccupation and Trusting Hunger and Fullness
Below email is shared with permission from an adoptive mom of two early grade-school girls who had experienced food insecurity and were “food preoccupied” (hoarding, sneaking, eating large amounts…)....
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