Jo Cormack
The ‘good enough’ parent, the ‘good enough’ meal…
When my eldest daughter (now on the brink of teenage-dom) was a baby, I was studying for my Masters in counselling. I know – crazy – I enrolled when I was pregnant and had no idea what being a mother…
Autonomy, control and sweetcorn: why we shouldn’t push children to eat
I eat pretty much everything. I love cooking and I love food. Of course, there are a few things I am not keen on, like sundried tomatoes and blackcurrants, which I wish I liked but somehow they taste too intense…
Dessert for dinner – a guest post
Often bribed your kids with dessert at the end of a meal? “If you finish all your dinner you can have an ice cream?” or “just one more bite and you can have your chocolate egg?” We’ve all used food…
A perfect storm: eating in the second year of life
Some children struggle with eating from the very first, but often, parents are shocked and worried to see their little one transition from enthusiastic foodie to picky eater. Often, this transition happens around a child’s first birthday. There are so…
What does your food legacy look like?
Maybe you have your dad’s eyes… maybe you have your maternal grandma’s amazing way with words… I know there are lots of my traits I can trace back to my parents and even my grandparents. But it’s not just our…
My take on food fibs
This week, I spotted a story in a local Scottish newspaper on a recent survey by pesto manufacturers, Sacla, into the lies parents tell children about their food. Apparently, more than half of Scottish mums surveyed admitted to being economical…
