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Intentional Parenting and the Beet Brownie Incident
If you had a traumatic experience in your childhood, you don’t decide that your own children need to experience that same trauma.
In an interview with Mr. Carlos Holmes at my university (found by clicking here), I talk about my new book, Positive Parenting. Let me tell you a story.
My wife, bless her intelligent and attractive soul, decided one day to make us all some brownies. She went searching for some recipes, and she found one that was supposed to be just as delicious as regular brownies, but with half the sugar. I can picture my wife thinking, “Half the sugar! Why, that’s close to 50% of the sugar. I conceptualize myself as a healthy person, who wants to instill healthy eating habits in my children. This will be a good opportunity to show them that they don’t have to sacrifice taste for health.” [Trust me, this is how she talks.]
She’d continue with her fantasy, rubbing her hands together with glee all the while: “When they taste these brownies…Oh, my God!”
“When they taste these brownies, they are going to think that they are just regular brownies…” [She’d begin rocking back and forth right about now. She can barely contain her excitement.] “I’ll…
