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lenka • commented on 2 posts 5 days ago

24 Hilarious Text Messages From Parents As Shared By Their Kids In A Viral Twitter Thread

Yeah, my mum has depression and and honestly... sometimes our texts read like this too. Sometimes it's because she doesn't really want to talk - she just wants someone to acknowledge her sadness. And sometimes it's because I don't have the the headspace for it at that moment. I mean, I love my mum and I do my best, but supporting someone with depression can be really hard and we need to take care of our own mental health sometimes too.

30 Of The Best Parenting Tweets Of The Month (July)

Hahaha. OMG This. lol. And then you try and be an awesome mum and show genuine interest and encouragement only to realise that due to your apparent enthusiasm, the story is now longer than War and Peace.

lenka • upvoted an item 6 days ago

30 Maps So Terrible They're Good (New Pics)

Woohoo! Finally a map as it should be!

lenka • commented on a post 1 week ago

Mom Shares How She Reacted To Her Teen Daughter's Pregnancy And People Are Praising Her Parenting Skills

Whether THEY used birth control is none of our business and quite irrelevant at this point. She is already pregnant and blaming someone isn't going to help or undo the pregnancy.

lenka • commented on 15 posts 1 week ago

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

yeah, my kids ask it a lot too.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Actually it will... if you use it consistently. Maybe not the first time, or even the second time. But when kids realise that you are firm and consistent while acknowledging their feelings they tend to respond quite positively.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

yeah, my kids ask it a lot too.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Sorry 😬 I think I used the Dutch word. Its Zucchini

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Oh, I agree. Everyone has something they really don't like - which is why we don't make a fight or force kids to eat anything. We simply keep offering it. If they leave it, then they leave it, but lots of foods take lots of exposure before kids will learn to appreciate it.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Food can be such a sensory experience though. Most people have some kind of food they don't like because of the way it smells or feels, or drips or sticks or is dry or crunches or gets stuck in your teeth. These are all sensory reactions independent of the actual taste. By giving kids the opportunity to smell, feel, squish, smear, lick and chew lots of different kinds of foods we reduce their sensory aversion to certain experiences and encourage them to experiment...... ooooh this food feels sticky, I wonder what it tastes like? Of course, this should be age appropriate. At 18months its ok pulverise a strawberry. At 8 years old.... not so much. lol

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Oh. Sensory issues add a whole new dimension to teaching children healthy food habits. My girlfriend raised a kid with sensory issues (who is 19 now). She is still not the best eater but she eventually found a balance, eats healthy and even tries new things. A little bit of consistency and a world of patience. Hang in there!

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Yes! Not just tomatoes but everything. My kids hates sugar snap peas cooked but they looooove them raw. They don't like parsnip soup, but they love roast parsnip.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

We always serve a combination. Something we know they like and will eat and something that is probably less appreciated. Brocoli and carrots always get eaten here so we make sure they have a decent serve of brocoli (for egample) together with a small serve of courgette. When we do this the courgette almost always gets eaten because it represents only a very small portion of what is on the plate compared with a larger serve of something they like.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

I have kids and this is exactly what we have always done. My daughter in particular can be very fussy but if you don't make food a battle ground neither will they. Offer healthy nutritious food - nothing more. Nothing less. Both my kids are very good eaters. They still have some things they don't like (as do we all) but they are always willing to try something new.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Agree. My daughter flatly refused tomatoes for years. I still put them on her plate. No pressure to eat them, but they are there to encourage her to try and to keep trying. And it has been just like in the picture! Sometimes she licked it and even nibbled a little. Sometimes she squeezed them and played with them, smell them and feel the juices on her fingers. They are still not her favourite, but if she is hungry and they are on her plate she will just eat them. Don't make food a fight or a negotiation. Simply offer (and keep offering) and let them experience it.

This Instagram Account Exposes Influencers Who Lie About Their True Appearance (30 Pics)

Yeah, might not be a case of body dysmorphia like so many insta fakes. But I think the point is still valid. You shouldn't be ashamed or try to hide ANY part of you. You are real. Your nose, your thighs, your breasts and your skin. We don't encourage confident genuine people by constantly reinforcing impossible and unrealistic standards of beauty. Even if it is 'just' skin.

Teacher Posts What Will Happen When Schools Reopen In An Alarming Twitter Thread

All of these are very good points. But we should be looking at the root cause of these problems. It's not as simple as making the schools stay open. if the US had a proper social support system in place these risks would all be significantly less than they currently are. Look at the countries with safety nets - they have all fared significantly better, at least in part because people are not afraid of starving or becoming homeless due to lockdown. Planning on having schools closed also means that proper arrangements can be made. In the Netherlands for eg. special arrangements were made for kids at risk and children of essential workers (healthcare, emergency services and supermarkets). The US really needs to get its act together and start working as a team.

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lenka • upvoted 21 items 1 week ago

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Jay Loren... creating kids that resent you. People need to realise that children are allowed to dislike some foods. How would an adult feel if forced to eat something they don't like? There is a balance, obviously, as some kids are just refusing without trying but that is why this post has tips to awaken curiosity and stop mealtimes being stressful. A lot of people struggle to eat when stressed or it teaches them to eat when stressed which creates an unhappy relationship with food and leads to the risk of obesity.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

It doesn't mean setting out a smorgasboard or getting up to fix the child something else. The idea is to plan on a reasonable selection of food for each meal. If it's a main dish and 2 sides, make at least one of the 3 something the kid usually likes. If it's pizza or a casserole, put out some bread and carrot sticks with it.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

If Brioccoli or Brussels are bitter, then they are prepared wrong. Brussles are amazing when roasted with a bit of butter and almons slices.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Some children benefit from learning to play with food. Saw this documentary where the parents were so stressed at the thought of the child making a mess - they were wiping her face clean every few seconds, reacting with horror at a crumb dropped. The child was so stressed by the time they came to eat that they couldn't. The doctor worked on them all, teaching the parents that the mess didn't matter, that a small child playing with food was okay. Different things work for different people I suppose. Things used to be more rigid maybe... we never had snacks between meals and were just told the next meal wouldn't be long. Certainly came to the table hungry and were very motivated to try new foods!

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Tomatoes should be used in different ways. 🍅 That’s a method.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

This Instagram Account Exposes Influencers Who Lie About Their True Appearance (30 Pics)

But, but....this IS the problem, surely? Calling out natural, everyday skin as ‘she has skin issues’...?

This Instagram Account Exposes Influencers Who Lie About Their True Appearance (30 Pics)

So editing skin issues is fine, but editing weight issues isnt.... hmm I didnt know there were rules.

This Instagram Account Exposes Influencers Who Lie About Their True Appearance (30 Pics)

Well, yes and no. Seeing this perfectly smooth, bump-free skin on every channel of social media for years and years creates the impression in women (and especially young girls) that this is what skin should look like and in turn creates frustrations regarding one's own skin. It creates a skewed perception of what people look like and it rewires your brain into thinking that you don't look ok. NO ONE looks like this.

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Teacher Posts What Will Happen When Schools Reopen In An Alarming Twitter Thread

While Covid-19 is a global problem it seems that due to the total incompetence of the current US administration, the US suffers more and longer of the pandemic and all the side effects. It's an outrage that the Greedy Old Parasites stand by and let the delusional, senile, megalomaniac narcissist continue to kill people and make a mess of an entire nation by their refusal to impeach him. Everyone trying to deny that Tweety the tangerine toddler has lost all his marbles must be equally insane.

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lenka • commented on 2 posts 5 days ago

24 Hilarious Text Messages From Parents As Shared By Their Kids In A Viral Twitter Thread

30 Of The Best Parenting Tweets Of The Month (July)

lenka • commented on a post 1 week ago

Mom Shares How She Reacted To Her Teen Daughter's Pregnancy And People Are Praising Her Parenting Skills

Whether THEY used birth control is none of our business and quite irrelevant at this point. She is already pregnant and blaming someone isn't going to help or undo the pregnancy.

lenka • commented on 15 posts 1 week ago

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

yeah, my kids ask it a lot too.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Sorry 😬 I think I used the Dutch word. Its Zucchini

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Yes! Not just tomatoes but everything. My kids hates sugar snap peas cooked but they looooove them raw. They don't like parsnip soup, but they love roast parsnip.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

This Instagram Account Exposes Influencers Who Lie About Their True Appearance (30 Pics)

30 Everyday Things With 'Hidden' Features You Probably Didn't Know About

In Australia too we would say knickers or undies - undies being shortened for Underwear but referring exclusively to knickers, and not bras 😂

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Teacher Posts What Will Happen When Schools Reopen In An Alarming Twitter Thread

lenka • commented on 2 posts 2 weeks ago

Dad Who Pays His Son $1 For Every Book Read Posts That He's Already Out $120, Divides The Internet On This Parenting Tactic

An appreciation for reading, whether derived from extrinsic or intrinsic motivation, is valuable gift. The kid feels like he is ripping his dad off, so he is clearly happy with the arrangement. Sounds to me this family has found a win-win arrangement. Good on 'em. Parenting is bloody hard!

Here Are My 16 Comics About Animal Parents Living In The Modern World (New Pics)

And in Dutch they are Horse Flowers

lenka • upvoted an item 6 days ago

30 Maps So Terrible They're Good (New Pics)

Woohoo! Finally a map as it should be!

lenka • upvoted 19 items 1 week ago

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

If Brioccoli or Brussels are bitter, then they are prepared wrong. Brussles are amazing when roasted with a bit of butter and almons slices.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

Tomatoes should be used in different ways. 🍅 That’s a method.

This Nutritionist Shares Practical Advice About Kids' Psychology When It Comes To Food (30 Pics)

This Instagram Account Exposes Influencers Who Lie About Their True Appearance (30 Pics)

But, but....this IS the problem, surely? Calling out natural, everyday skin as ‘she has skin issues’...?

This Instagram Account Exposes Influencers Who Lie About Their True Appearance (30 Pics)

So editing skin issues is fine, but editing weight issues isnt.... hmm I didnt know there were rules.

This Instagram Account Exposes Influencers Who Lie About Their True Appearance (30 Pics)

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40 Times People Got Into Accidental Science Experiments And Here Are The Best Ones

Don't bother little candle. It can happen to anyone.

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