Tag: parenting Parenting and Nutrition: I hate being the bad guy, Part 2 So I observe that even very overweight, ill people who overindulge, still pass up lots of junk food! You could have a year or two of depression where you ate… Parenting and Nutrition: I hate being the bad guy! Part 1 of 3 Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I get so sick of cajoling my kids to eat right. It’s exhausting! So a lot of the time, I just cave to the pressure and let them… Texas Tour, Part 5: Wendy and Janet in Austin, Young Moms Serving Health As Kristin says, our Texas trip was “pure abundance.” She and I always talk about relationships that are “all good things,” versus relationships or activities or thoughts that are scarcity-oriented… Making fun of Green Smoothie Moms, for your laugh of the day Do you watch Kid History? Brett Roberts is a neighbor of ours here in Lindon, Utah, and the Roberts family is such a sensation I heard they’ve moved away to… Classroom rewards that aren’t food One of my readers gave me a cool resource, in response to my story about going to my son’s 6th grade teacher asking her to reconsider her policy of giving… “After I eat chocolate cake, I want to die” My friend Matthew recently sent me an email. He had just read this quote: “When I eat chocolate cake, 20 minutes later I’m under my desk wanting to die. When… Back to the candy factory…..I mean, school My children have gone back to school. If I said I was sorry about that, I’d be lying. I love my kids, but summer is hard for working moms. And… How I Spent My Summer Vacation Last week Tennyson had a close encounter with a curb he tried to jump on his bike. I had his broken tooth repaired later that day. Everything scabbed over and… Nutrition and single parents: part 3 of 3 Thank you, single parents who commented on my two-part blog series a couple of weeks ago. I’m quoting Amanda from that blog series because what she said merits front-and-center attention:… Nutrition and single moms, part 2 of 2 Even though I am doing the very best I can for my kids’ health, even though I run a health-oriented web site and write books and speak all over the… Nutrition and single moms, part 1 of 2 Today I’m going to tell some personal things about my divorce and raising children with a divorced co-parent who has radically different nutrition opinions than a GSG does. This topic… I won’t die on most hills: thoughts on parenting I had five 10-y.o. baseball players in the car last week, with this conversation: Me: Hey Tennyson, get your stuff off my expensive tennis racket! Baseball Player #2: Cool, you… Posts navigation < Newer posts123456Older posts >Last Page>>