Because sometimes being a parent means doing what’s hard.
Posted in birthday parties, education, holidays, kids and food, school on Oct 4th, 2011
I got a letter from a reader recently that I want to share: Hi Denise, I love your blog. My only child, my son, is 5, and you certainly present an interesting take on many issues that I’ve faced as a mom. I was wondering whether you had an opinion on the candy culture [...]
Posted in birthday parties, discipline, family life, humor, kids and food, school on Jun 6th, 2011
Well, the title says it, eh? I’m confessing: I’m horribly impatient. (Those of you who know me are, I realize, sitting there rolling your eyes, like, duh.) I want to be started with things, and then I want things done. When I wanted to become pregnant, I wanted it to happen pronto, and quickly [...]
Posted in guest posts, kids and food, The Experts Aren't Always Right, Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2010
Two things this week: One, I’m starting a new occasional series, this one called “The Experts Aren’t Always Right.” And two, I’m going to treat you to a guest post as Part One of the series, by my colleague and fellow blogger, Debbie Koenig, who writes the (seriously) delicious blog, Words to Eat By. The [...]
Posted in guest posts, kids and food on Jun 29th, 2010
So the boys started their six weeks at the local YMCA camp yesterday. I love this camp. Love it. But as with any situation where kids gather, bad food options seem to be the norm. I work around it; I try not to get my hackles up when I see the Snack Shack stocked with [...]
Posted in discipline, kids and food on Feb 11th, 2010
My boys are completely normal American children, which is to say, if you sit them down in front of a bag of potato chips, they’ll plow through them. If you give them a bucket of Halloween candy, they’ll dig right in. If you make a cake and offer them mixer beaters coated with chocolate frosting, [...]
Posted in kids & snacks, kids and food on Jan 21st, 2010
There’s nothing like being validated, is there? Especially, I have to say, by the New York Times. Just yesterday, a friend of mine sent me a link to a story in the Times about — wait for it — how kids today snack too much. Yeah, been there, said that. The writer, Jennifer Steinhauer, herself [...]
Posted in babies, discipline, family life, kids and food on Aug 26th, 2009
Years and years ago, well before I had kids, I was hanging around in my sister’s newly refinished basement, playing some board games with two of her kids and my dad. My niece and nephew, Tara and Nick, were drinking juice out of those foil pouches, like Capri Sun (which now, by the way, are [...]
Posted in kids and food, school on Aug 13th, 2009
“Mom, what should I do with my applesauce cup?” I sigh. I’ve explained this before–the applesauce and yogurt cups are recyclable, so bring them home. The plastic utensils? They’re dishwasher safe, my son, so tote ‘em on home. What I say is, “You know what, Daniel? Just put everything in your lunchbox and bring it [...]
Posted in kids and food on Jun 9th, 2009
It should probably come as no surprise that I’m not a fast-food fan. I used to love it, as a child, and even into my twenties, but no more. The few times I’ve had it, post age 30 or so, it didn’t sit right, in more ways than one. So, me and McDonald’s (or BK [...]
Posted in kids and food on May 12th, 2009
Let me say this right upfront: I love snacks. I love chips, both potato and chocolate. I love little, picky things, finger food, cheese and crackers, nuts, trail mix… I love the good kind of snacks (baked pita chips dipped in hummus) and the bad kind (day-glo cheez doodles that turn your fingers orange). But. [...]
