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Tag: food

  • I clearly have some sort of problem…

    I have this idea in my head that kids are supposed to love oatmeal. Myself, I have always found it foul, disgusting, and gag-inducing, but somehow I hang onto this belief that kids love it, so every six months or so I try — and fail — to get my kids to eat some. The…

  • Am I a fuddy duddy?

    This doesn’t seem right. I get that some kids need this for medical reasons, and certainly there are times when they’re going to have a celebratory huge feast, but the implication that “Hey it’s OK if you just feed your kids junk” doesn’t sit well with me. The “extra” calcium isn’t going to make up…