I do love a theme. In yet another example of marketing to the under 10 set, we can now add to the children’s music explosion and the so-called ‘chicken finger pandemic’ - luxury hotel accommodations just for the little ones.
Where’s the fun in a family vacation if you don’t have to cram into the hotel double bed with your siblings and complain about how bored you are?
I am not the only person wondering whether creating so many things designed specifically for our children has its unfortunate consequences. The New York Times’ David Kamp notes that the advent of the children’s menu, apart from its potential health ramifications, has wrecked the development of our children’s palates. After discovering that the ubiquitous chicken finger has a “hold” on his kids, Kamp dares to ask: “Why not just make them eat our food?”
I grew up eating what my parents ate, at home and at restaurants. Sometimes, the experience could be revelatory, as when I tried fish chowder for the first time on a trip to Boston, or when my mother attempted Julia Child’s Soupe au Pistou.
As a person whose oldest child hasn’t wandered outside the refined whites food group in nearly 6 years, I’m on board. You?
Link via ALOTT5MA.
What do the people referenced in the title of this post have in common? … You can find all our names in today’s post over at ‘The Lovely Mrs. Davis‘ — mine because I wrote the guest post she’s posted today, and theirs because they are subjects of the piece.
All of this is to say: Amy Davis asked me if I would be interested in writing a guest post for her on some topic about pop culture and parenting. To which I replied, “YESSSS!!” (I was, quite honestly, thrilled to be asked).
Anyway, I’d be honored if you would head on over and check it out. And when you come back I want to hear all about your favorite musical memories from your childhood.
Apparently working mom guilt knows no bounds. Even celebrity moms are not immune. Harvard-educated, Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino, daughter of actor/director Paul Sorvino, former love interest of Quentin Tarantino, and now married mother of two, reveals that leaving her children to work 12 hour days on a movie set ‘kills her’, and she wishes she were independently wealthy.
