picky eating
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How to Reboot Family Dinnertime This Year
In many ways, the pandemic has forced families to slow down to a pace that felt impossible a year ago. I can remember, last March, staring at the large wall calendar that hangs in my kitchen. One by one, we’d crossed out basketball practices, soccer games, playdates, and family get-togethers until all that was left…
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Keep Every Single Parenting Opinion to Yourself
We’re living in a particularly divided world right now, but we are lucky to still have one great rage-inducing unifier among parents: We do not want your unsolicited opinions about our parenting. This is especially if you do not have children of your own. (No, dogs don’t count.)
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‘Brand’ Veggies So Your Kids Will Eat Them
Some kids are going to be satisfied with your claims that broccoli florets are “little trees” that they, a monster, must devour. And other kids are going to be like, “Broccoli is gross and so is eating trees, and I’m not falling for that shit.”
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The Best Post-Game Snacks For Kids
At the end of last autumn, my son participated in a two-day end-of-season soccer tournament. They were long, cold, busy days and a parent of one of his teammates promised them a special snack after their last game of the weekend. That snack, it turned out, was a giant bag of Skittles to be shared…