Lift the Shame: Mothering Free From Diet Culture, Food Guilt, and Body Shame

Here's Why You Should Let Your Kids Eat Candy For Breakfast

October 06, 2022 Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC Season 1 Episode 9
Here's Why You Should Let Your Kids Eat Candy For Breakfast
Lift the Shame: Mothering Free From Diet Culture, Food Guilt, and Body Shame
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Lift the Shame: Mothering Free From Diet Culture, Food Guilt, and Body Shame
Here's Why You Should Let Your Kids Eat Candy For Breakfast
Oct 06, 2022 Season 1 Episode 9
Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC

If you want to rewrite the script around sugar in your family and for the next generation of children you are raising, this may require some countercultural approaches.

Because diet culture has demonized sweets, it may feel counterintuitive to make them more accessible to your children.

In today's episode, I want to give you some encouragement to help you confidently support your kiddos in building a positive relationship with sweets, as well as discuss some unconventional strategies that can give them the opportunities they need to learn how to self-regulate sugar.

No matter what your relationship has looked like with sweets, you can help your kids form health habits around these foods, as well as trust and confidence in their bodies.

Show Takeaways: 

  • Dismantle diet culture in your family and to support your kids and learn how to self regulate all foods and preserve their intuitive eating abilities.
  • Learn tips to allow foods that are difficult for you whether it’s your experience or cultural messaging
  • Consider the limitations of food rules that are part of our psyche and our mentality.

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Questions about today's episode or do you have topic requests for future episodes? We'd love to hear from you - email hello@crystalkarges.com

Questions about today's episode or do you have topic requests for future episodes? Please send your feedback via email to hello@crystalkarges.com or connect with Crystal on Instagram.


Show Notes

If you want to rewrite the script around sugar in your family and for the next generation of children you are raising, this may require some countercultural approaches.

Because diet culture has demonized sweets, it may feel counterintuitive to make them more accessible to your children.

In today's episode, I want to give you some encouragement to help you confidently support your kiddos in building a positive relationship with sweets, as well as discuss some unconventional strategies that can give them the opportunities they need to learn how to self-regulate sugar.

No matter what your relationship has looked like with sweets, you can help your kids form health habits around these foods, as well as trust and confidence in their bodies.

Show Takeaways: 

  • Dismantle diet culture in your family and to support your kids and learn how to self regulate all foods and preserve their intuitive eating abilities.
  • Learn tips to allow foods that are difficult for you whether it’s your experience or cultural messaging
  • Consider the limitations of food rules that are part of our psyche and our mentality.

Show Links: 

Questions about today's episode or do you have topic requests for future episodes? We'd love to hear from you - email hello@crystalkarges.com

Questions about today's episode or do you have topic requests for future episodes? Please send your feedback via email to hello@crystalkarges.com or connect with Crystal on Instagram.