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The Mother’s Holiday Survival Guide

It’s that time of year again, when we engage in the ancient pagan ritual of stuffing ourselves until we vomit, followed by watching sweaty men engage in physical combat in an arena in the name of sport.
[What? You think the Pilgrims invented overeating?]
So, as we traipse across the country (or the city) to celebrate the [...]

Food Wars, Part 5,349

I have expounded, in the past, about the utility of a scorecard when dealing with a child’s food choices. I have since decided that the scorecard is irrelevant. Scorecards only work when the rules stay the same from one game to the next; if the rules of the game change, calculating the stats is virtually [...]

You Say Tomato…

Being a biologist has its strong points in the motherhood arena.
For instance, teaching your kids about sex is sort of natural. You start with yeast and work your way up, and the kids never have that slap-themselves-on-the-forehead, we’re-not-in-Kansas anymore moment.
And my kids benefit from the microbiology degree, because I don’t stress about raw cookie dough. [...]

What Not to Say to a Kid About Food

Last week Psychology Today blogs featured a guest post by Dr. Deanna Minich, a nutitionist, entitled Seven Things You Should Never Say to Your Child About Food. It was pretty funny. Go read it.