12 Steps to Whole Foods

Introduction
More Reading on Raising Kids and Nutrition
You may like to read more of my extensive writings on the issue of raising children on whole foods in a junk
food world. In fact, this was the original mission of GreenSmoothieGirl.com, until I globalized and expanded it
to be more inclusive. Below are links to some of the series I have written on the subject.
• This would be my first choice, if you went to only one blog entry (November 28, 2010), because it
contains links to my most significant and serious blog writing on the subject—plus a more light-hearted
series, too, about the challenges of raising “picky kids”:
http://tinyurl.com/7mo4umr
• I recently answered at length on my blog this reader question: “Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: I get so sick
of cajoling my kids to eat right. It’s exhausting! So a lot of the time, I just cave to the pressure and let
them eat crap. What do I do?”
Here’s Part 1 of that Parenting and Nutrition series (November 10, 2011; parts 2 and 3 follow on
subsequent days):
http://tinyurl.com/76aj9sp
• Another good blog entry is “10 Minutes to Feel Like a Great Mom. Because You Are!” (December 10,
2010):
http://tinyurl.com/7s8xhxc
• My comments, in two parts, about a Washington Post series about the elementary school epidemic of
high blood pressure, joint conditions, diabetes, and obesity. Part 1 (May 22, 2008) is here:
http://tinyurl.com/7s6few2
• This is a very raw and honest three-part series on being a single parent trying to fight the good fight
with what I feed my kids. Part 1 (July 31, 2011) is here:
http://tinyurl.com/8xbzjvh
• One day (May 17, 2011) I wrote about thinking carefully about the hills you die on as a parent:
http://tinyurl.com/7dswc48
• And a blog entry (November 1, 2009) about reconsidering any statements that make spouse or children
fearful of a sea change coming—but, rather, doing it gradually and without fanfare:
http://tinyurl.com/7l2cnat
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