PreTeena by Allison Barrows for August 07, 2020

The editor is a thirteen-year-old?

Like Hugh gives a rat’s Patoot about that magazine!

Don’t usually comment, but what about those mac n cheese instead of salmon commercials?

When our first daughter was born, I somehow got a subscription to a parenting magazine. Unfortunately, it seemed to be targeted to high-income parents with large homes, attached garages, huge backyards, and stay-at-home moms. We lived in a small apartment (no yard or garage) and I had to work. After about the 3rd issue I got fed up.

I have always found it difficult to “identify” with this meme.

My mom didn’t cook fancy, but from infancy to adulthood, I loved all the food she prepared. (My siblings and I also learned to prepare our own.)

Nor did I ever have any friends whose parents prepared food that their kids detested.

Don’t serve yucky foods. That worked for me. Also, if one child only liked crunchy peanut butter and one smooth, buy each since it will be used up just as quickly. Same goes with chicken vs tomato based soups. Serve some stir fried chicken before adding the sauce and so on. The third one comes along and has a choice.

In the next issue of DUH! magazine…

Lest ye forget; this family is an artsy-fartsy New Hampshah Upper Class sort who just HAVE to be well-integrated into ‘that level’ of society.. Poor Teena…

Yeah? You never had to choke down my mom’s salmon croquets. Even the cats tried to kick dirt over them.