ABSTRACT
Food is at the foundation of parenting. We all need to eat, and we all deserve to enjoy it. But the bar on family meals has gotten a lot higher in recent years, with health scares about childhood obesity and nutrition, worries about the developmental importance of family meals, and the ever-present food-and homemaking-perfection imagery in the media. Add to that the time it takes to pull off serving a balanced meal, and it’s no wonder that feeding the family ends up feeling like yet another task on a very long to-do list.
