I’m Coming Out
No, I’m not gay. But I use the term “coming out” because I feel I have a secret that I’ve been afraid to tell and now it the time to tell. I hope you’ll listen till the end. I’m going to write and publish and not read or correct anything. Stream of consciousness. This needs out of my head. But out with it! I am no longer a Christian. Meaning, no, I no longer believe that Jesus died to save me from my sins. But it is so much more than that. I don’t really believe in sins or that I needed to be saved. Let me share my journey. First –...
Read MoreGood Food v. Bad Food
Recently, my post 15 Tips for Raising Kids With a Positive Body Image, has received a lot of comments. I’m so glad people are finding the post and discussing this important topic! I have two follow-up posts: Big Fat Myths About Fat and this one. Many commenters had problems with #6 and #13 in my list; Do not label foods as “good” and “bad” Avoid talking about a nutrionalist approach to food – disassembling “food” into fat, carbs, calories, and other things that need to be obsessed about and counted (difficult since it is explicitly taught in many schools). For...
Read MoreRaising a Family on Food Stamps (SNAP)
The most surreal thing happened to me last week. I was asked to participate in a live, online discussion on HuffPostLIVE called Faces of Food Stamps. You can view the 1/2 hour program here. It is so awesome that my post I’m a Welfare Mom has generated so much discussion here and on Everyday Feminism. The HuffPostLIVE segment was prompted by a woman in Georgia who was harassed at a grocery store for being on Food Stamps (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP). The guests were myself, Sandi Bachom, who is living on Food Stamps in NYC, Jojo Rhines, who is living...
Read MoreBig Fat Myths About Fat Part I
Recently, my post 15 Tips for Raising Kids With a Positive Body Image, has received a lot of comments. I’m so glad people are finding the post and discussing this important topic! I’ve been reluctant to talk about some of the naysayers because I’m not primarily a size-acceptance blogger and there are so many great bloggers out there already doing the work. However, I haven’t been able to reply to every comment so I figured it was time for a clarifying post. First, the post in question was a revisit of a previous post “I Don’t Think of You As Fat!” Raising...
Read MoreHow to Not Potty Train in 3 Easy Phases
I’m deep in walk training right now. Yesterday my kid got 3 stickers for walking across the kitchen but today he’s been crawling all day! I keep admonishing him that we don’t crawl anymore and I make him get up and walk for 10 minutes every hour. This is exhausting! I can’t wait till he’s walk trained! Sounds funny, huh? We don’t walk train or talk train our kids so why do we potty train? Kids learn to walk and talk because we walk and talk and they become ready to imitate us. Why isn’t the same true for learning to potty? Now, I...
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