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Cooking a birthday dinner with my stepson changed our relationship for the better

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The particular bonding of a blended family didn’t come easily to me. By Tess Clarkson

October 12, 2021 Parenting Challenges

My toddler talks to bagels. Will he be able to talk to other kids?

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He’s been out of daycare for nearly a year, but he has befriended the couch. By Maya Schenwar

March 18, 2021 Family, Parenting Challenges

Twenty years after my mother’s death, I still can’t make her breakfast casserole

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Food was a big part of my grief process. I was 25 when my mom died. By Natalie Serianni

March 15, 2021 Parenting Challenges

How making yogurt keeps my hope alive

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If you know the taste of real yogurt, or freedom, you won’t give it up easily. By Daniela Elza

February 18, 2021 Family

How to mother a daughter when you have food issues

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There are few things I take genuine pleasure in, and one of those is eating. But what message does that send my daughter? By Jennifer Furner

December 28, 2020 Culture, Parenting Advice, Parenting Challenges

This week in parenting: November 13, 2020

Four children from the back walking through trees like in Narnia
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Your Pandemic Stories, Jill Biden to Keep Working, How to Help Kids With Strong Emotions, and more.

November 13, 2020 Books, Culture, Parenting Advice

Celebrating half birthdays matters now more than ever

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We sat together and sang and laughed and forgot for the moment what was happening in the world around us. By Amy Litzenblatt

November 5, 2020 Culture

What happened when my daughter questioned my relationship with food

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She thinks when I say things like “balanced diet” what I really mean is “don’t eat sugar, it’ll make you fat.” By Lizabeth Sjaastad

October 14, 2020 Parenting Challenges

A recipe for learning how to accept your body

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Step Three: Layer 2 healthy parents and 1 naturally skinny sister. By Amye Archer

August 26, 2020 Culture, Parenting Challenges

My relationship with food as a first-generation mom

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I talk with my mother multiple times a day. “Saaptacha?” It is routine, this asking if I’ve had my meal. By Lakshmi Lyer

August 19, 2020 Culture

What I know now about feeding a family

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I watched my mother starve herself for years, food as a kind of inhaled medication. By Micah Stover

August 6, 2020 Parenting Challenges

Why I love it when my kitchen is closed

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I didn’t know that motherhood would feel tantamount to being a short order cook. By Lauren Apfel

July 28, 2020 Culture, Family

Letting go of the emotional labor of cooking right now

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It’s been a long, slow road to finding a balance between supporting others and supporting myself. By Yvonne Spence

July 8, 2020 Culture, Family

What happens to the kids when both parents model poor eating habits

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I know we’re both doing it wrong. I’m teaching our children that restraint is a shackle; he’s teaching them that tight control is the only way to avoid obesity. By Lorren Lemmons

July 1, 2020 Culture, Family

Perspective | Don’t have important talks with kids at the dinner table

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In our household, my children are allowed to eat with a good book or their tablet. I don’t expect them to talk. By Tania Lorena Rivera

June 24, 2020 Family

How not to kill your kid in the kitchen

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Have you ever watched a five-year-old pour a package of cooked green beans into a bowl? I have. And let me tell you, it nearly did me in. By Debra Arbit 

June 17, 2020 Family

I want to be the mom who bakes

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My son loves to eat at Grandma’s house, he gets real cream and real sugar. Unlike the dishes I cook, which are vegetarian or Paleo or Whole30. By Elizabeth Newdom

June 10, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

My maternal focus on survival in the grocery store

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Where once I was gatherer, now I am hunter. Acquiring food to feed my family has taken on new significance. By Susannah Q. Pratt

May 20, 2020 Culture

How being a mom has changed the way I eat

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Lately I tell myself that I’ll start to eat healthier. I won’t finish my children’s meals. I won’t pick off their plates, like a mother vulture. By Kelly Niebergall

April 22, 2020 Culture, Family

It’s my birthday. This is why I’m making my own cake.

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I’d rather take the time to create something I want than to compromise. In a small, sugared way, I see it as a rebellion. By Shannon Williams

January 23, 2020 Culture
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