We need to change some of our language surrounding food. I do my best not to use the words “good” and “bad” when talking about food. Except when something doesn’t pass the sniff test. Then it’s bad. “Good” could describe tastiness, it could describe healthiness, it could describe virtuousness. We’ve made some unfortunate connections between … Read more
My post about my son’s sweets-free birthday party yielded a lot of questions. I’ll field them in this and future posts. If you haven’t yet, or if you need a refresher, please see my disclaimer post before proceeding. Before I was a parent, I was sure that “he only eats mac and cheese and chicken … Read more
My son turned 7 last week, was able to take a birthday snack to school, and had a party with some of his friends over the weekend. For school, he took what he was calling “fruit cupcakes.” Grapes, strawberries, and apple slices in paper cups. I believe he called them cupcakes because we were going … Read more