NEW YORK TIMES // FEBRUARY 2020
Parents who struggle with food and self-image can inadvertently pass along unhealthy behaviors. Here’s how to avoid it.
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NEW YORK TIMES // FEBRUARY 2020
Parents who struggle with food and self-image can inadvertently pass along unhealthy behaviors. Here’s how to avoid it.
NEW YORK TIMES // JANUARY 2020
Here’s how to keep diet culture off your family table.
NEW YORK TIMES // DECEMBER 2019
‘Division of responsibility in feeding’ is an approach that may help picky eaters and food-fixated kids alike. What it won’t do: make anyone finish their broccoli.
NEW YORK TIMES // NOVEMBER 2019
Why it’s really O.K. if your child eats only rolls (again) this year.
NEW YORK TIMES // OCTOBER 2019
No, your children won’t overload on peanut butter cups. Yes, you can eat their mini Snickers.
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NEW YORK TIMES // SEPTEMBER 2019
Parents often place a moral value on children’s eating habits — here’s why they shouldn’t.
PARENTS // JUNE 2019
I’ve found that trying to be a totally crunchy mama is not all it’s cracked up to be. Here’s how I reevaluated the ‘rules’ and went green my own way.
MEDIUM // APRIL 2019
Why people are giving up drinking, even when they don’t have a problem
BITCH // FEBRUARY 2019
Mostly white, mostly male, mostly thin food writers and chefs have turned being thin—and eating in the labor-intensive way they think guarantees thinness—into a moral imperative.
MOTHERLY // JANUARY 2019
The best way to teach our kids to eat well is to encourage them to trust themselves too; to listen to their bodies’ cues about hunger, fullness and comfort.
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