“Mama, WHY are we the only ones who take care of the chickens?” say the girls one morning. (They aren’t but who’s counting.) “I tell you what, I’ll do the chickens both morning and evening if you cook dinner tonight,” I say with complete certainty that they’ll choose chickens. “DEAL!” they say. So then goes [...]
I don’t get it. What is wrong with saying to your kids, “This is what we are having for dinner.” If they say I don’t like it, you say this is what we are having. If they don’t eat it, they will eventually get hungry and have what’s for dinner. I know more parents than [...]
Our girls wanted to make dinner together tonight and learn how to make what we would eat. They have absorbed a lot by osmosis, but don't always want to help me in the kitchen anymore. Of course when they were little and wanted to be in the kitchen with me all the time, it took [...]
