Learning about Life, Learning about Him, Teaching about Life, Teaching about Him
I once read an article in which the writer was describing his mother. He commented that she never raised her voice at her kids. I instantly thought, “Wow, I’m not that mom.” I used to be a preschool teacher and then an elementary school teacher. I have a loud voice and its decibel level is tied to the number of bad decisions my kids make each day, or each hour. I have a boat load of kids. You get the picture.
I have to admit that I do not currently have a problem getting my kids to eat their vegetables. In fact I once heard a few of them arguing over who was going to be able to eat the last of the roasted broccoli. That is music to a mom’s ears. For one of my kids, however, this wasn’t always the case. Spending the first two years in a Chinese orphanage, we guessed that she didn’t eat too much in the way of produce. She was suspicious of anything green that appeared on her plate. She would make sure she pushed it out with her tongue if it made it into her mouth. For her, we had to be stealthy and get creative. In my opinion, these are the five best veggies to sneak into your kids’ food:
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