My 12 year old just moved up to the adolescent program at her school so new rules, new structure, new responsibilities. They are allowed to bring in a "healthy snack" and I struggle with how much I should push back, and how. I prefer neutral language around food, we don't label food as healthy or good or whatever. My daughter seems prett…
My 12 year old just moved up to the adolescent program at her school so new rules, new structure, new responsibilities. They are allowed to bring in a "healthy snack" and I struggle with how much I should push back, and how. I prefer neutral language around food, we don't label food as healthy or good or whatever. My daughter seems pretty confident in her ability to handle this without me complaining to the teacher about it, so I'm compelled to let her navigate this on her own.
I also realized how much our neutral language is working! The kids are in charge of making their own lunches for the first time this year and they are choosing to make a balanced meal on their own. I had a coworker express shock that we didn't need to police it more, and I really do think it's because chips and sweets are not forbidden.
My 12 year old just moved up to the adolescent program at her school so new rules, new structure, new responsibilities. They are allowed to bring in a "healthy snack" and I struggle with how much I should push back, and how. I prefer neutral language around food, we don't label food as healthy or good or whatever. My daughter seems pretty confident in her ability to handle this without me complaining to the teacher about it, so I'm compelled to let her navigate this on her own.
I also realized how much our neutral language is working! The kids are in charge of making their own lunches for the first time this year and they are choosing to make a balanced meal on their own. I had a coworker express shock that we didn't need to police it more, and I really do think it's because chips and sweets are not forbidden.
I love this and agree that 12 is the perfect age to start transitioning this advocacy work.