A healthy approach to family life
If you’ve been following this blog for a while now you’ll know that I follow the “good-enough” method of parenting. I also subscribe to the “anything in moderation” approach to most things – screens, sugar, time spent at the park! I am fairly relaxed when it comes to my kids’ health. They are allowed occasional treats, but I present a balanced and nutritious diet during the week. I don’t really say ‘no’ to any food (apart from Sherbert, which if I find in a party bag it is instantly binned) but rather I restrict how much they have of ‘sometimes’ food. But recently I’ve noticed how sugar is sneakily creeping into our diets more frequently than it should. And I want our family to be healthier. Foods that used to be occasional have snuck into the every day variety.
Not all of this is my choice, mind you. Send them to the grandparents for the weekend and sugar is in abundance. But grandparents are allowed to spoil their grandkids and when they’re on their turf, they set the rules. But every weekend seems to present yet another kids’ birthday party and in most cases these events come with plenty of fun, and sugar!…
