Q: I’m having a struggle that’s very confusing to navigate: I’m a woman in a larger body. And I’m raising a 3.5 year old boy who will not gain weight!
I have been told to add half-and-half to his mac …
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Q: I’m having a struggle that’s very confusing to navigate: I’m a woman in a larger body. And I’m raising a 3.5 year old boy who will not gain weight!
I have been told to add half-and-half to his mac …
Q: I credit Barbie with my eating disorder (well, not sole responsibility, but some…). Now my daughter is also obsessed. She turned 8 this week and although I asked for experiences rather than tangible gifts, my mother-in-law went and got …
Q: My wife and I never talk about dieting, never say negative things about our bodies, and never use the words “thin” or “fat” to describe bodies (our own or anyone else’s), because we both struggled with body image issues …
Q: How do I respond when really young kids talk about dieting?
A: I always know it’s time to newsletter a question when I get asked it a bunch of different times. One mom DM-ed me because her 8-year-old was …
Q: My 13-year-old would eat the entire box of Oreos. What should I do?
A: Pour a glass of milk so they can dunk them?
Don’t worry. That’s not my whole answer. But it’s also not a bad idea. I …
Q: How do I help my thin tween girl navigate comments on how much she eats (A LOT) from friends?
A: One of the most irritating manifestations of our culture’s obsession with thinness is how it results in people feeling …
Today we have another installment in a series of Q&As tackling issues like how to feed your kids, combat diet culture in schools and family life, and navigate fatphobia (your own and other people’s).
NOTE: This post talks about the …
I’m writing this newsletter on a day like so many other days in this pandemic: We don’t have childcare (in this case due to President’s Day, not Covid, and I have never felt more resentful of a made-up, patriarchal holiday). …
“There have always been kids who enjoy sports and outdoor play most, and there have always been kids who prefer reading, writing and playing video games.” —Amee Severson, registered dietitian nutritionist
Raise your hand, fellow Indoor Kitties! I spent my …
One of the weirdest things about our new remote school world has got to be how it forces parents to overhear the stray comments and awkward moments that would normally go entirely unreported in our child’s school day. This can …
An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today’s toxic food culture.
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