Kids Cuisine

My son’s preschool has a weekly tradition of naming one student “Star of the Week.”  During that time, the student’s pictures are put up on special corkboard and family are invited in to read a story, talk about the student, and share a treat.  This week was my son’s turn, and I was faced with […]

(In this series of posts, I share my experiences of dining at home with my two preschoolers.  We eat, we laugh, I ponder the meaning of their conversations.   All the while, I wonder how I can teach them how to behave, how to enjoy healthy eating, and how not to throw food at each other or […]

As my kids become more verbal, I’ve been enjoying the time we spend together at the table.  I don’t want to get too ahead of myself here — they’re only 3 and 2, so our conversations are limited and continually interrupted by my reminders to get the feet off the table, “try it, you might […]

In my day, bringing a lunchbox to school was a perfectly acceptable way of highlighting your personal taste in cartoon characters, superheroes, or sports teams.  From about kindergarten to third grade, most of us carted around a lunchbox which we proudly (or not) pulled out at midday.  Mine was Snoopy.  It was a plastic, dog-house […]

I admit it.  I shamelessly eyeball celebrity trash magazines in the checkout aisle when I grocery shop.  I’ll also admit to buying a few, from time to time.  And nothing makes me happier than seeing a handful or more of them at the pediatrician’s office, when I bring the kids in for a check up.  […]

They say with picky kids, transitioning them from one food item to the next can be better managed by  ”bridging” the gap.  What this means is using one food item they like and mixing things up a bit in a way that gets them to try something else.  Say, she likes fries.  Maybe next time, make […]