Category: Health
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Sugar fixation
We were standing in line on the Staten Island Ferry, New York City, land of great street food, and all my daughter wanted was a soda. How did this happen? My kids know the lecture: There are three reasons the American population has gotten so fat. One is screentime, which leads to lack of exercise.…
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Reactive hypoglycemia
PLEASE NOTE: This is a very old post. Comments are closed. Please do not message me to ask my advice—I haven’t done any further research on this subject and have no leads for you. I do know what you’re going through, though, and I know it’s rough. Hang in there! Some gifted children experience a…
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Going green, going cheap
A friend and I were talking about how all this emphasis on “going green” was getting her down. Her family is presently in reduced economic circumstances, and she said, “I feel like we can’t afford to be green!” So we started to talk about all the ways in which her family is actually living a…
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A problem of definition
I have two wonderful and rather intense children. Our days can often be quite lovely. Often there’s a lot of argument and obstinacy. But all in all, we make it through our days pretty well. This is not how I would have described my family a few years ago. When my daughter hit the toddler…
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Getting there on time
The thing I worried about most when I first left my son with strangers was getting back on time. Until he started going to preschool two mornings a week, I’d never left him with anyone who wasn’t related to me. The preschool had hours: 9 a.m. drop-off, 1 p.m. pickup. This seemed very reasonable. Until…