Stowing The Feeding Agenda
It was my birthday recently, and as a treat, Hostage Dad suggested food from The Mandarin (a local Chinese restaurant). We ordered in, because while we stopped to celebrate yet another […]
Category Archives: Advocacy
The Illusion of Knowledge
Have you ever met someone, perhaps in the grocery store, and realized their face is familiar but you can’t place how you know them? For most people, that’s a mental […]
Why Meeting Needs Matters
On one side of the table sits his mother, father and psychologist. They are in agreement with the psychiatrist who diagnosed the generalized anxiety and a trusted friend, a mental […]
America Did Not Invent The Picky Eater
“Picky eating is an American problem. If children were not offered junk or fast food to begin with, they would have better palates for healthy food and they wouldn’t be […]
Judging, Blaming and Shaming the Picky Eater
Who taught you that the value of a child is the ratio of height to weight? The number of vegetables consumed each day? The milestones achieved each month? How many words are spoken? […]
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