Real Mom Nutrition
A no-judgments zone about feeding a family.
School food CAN be tasty, healthy, and appealing to kids! Here’s how one mom changed things for the better at her kids’ school. My friend Wende Hageman is a school food champion. She would probably laugh off this label, waving it away with an “Oh, please!” But that’s what she is, so I wanted to …
If you’re a rookie PTA parent, here’s my very best advice on pitching in, getting stuff done, creating change–and avoiding the drama! I remember my very first PTA meeting eight years ago. I was a brand new kindergarten parent, full of the kind of nerdy enthusiasm I specialize in. As a dietitian, I had visions …
Last week, a mom wrote to me with a problem: At curriculum night, her son’s fifth grade teachers announced that students would be given soda as a weekly reward for good behavior. This mom was (understandably) upset. But she didn’t know what to do. She was worried about speaking up, worried about her son being pegged as “the boy with …
