My 8-year old is an adventurous eater. He eats tofu for breakfast (I like tofu as much as the next liberal-minded, vegetarian, organic granola-eating hippie, but for breakfast?) He noshes down on Indian, Thai, Sushi. And he practically drinks Frank's Red Hot Sauce.
But he won't drink milk.
I worry about his bones. So I decided to splash a little chocolate syrup in his milk.
Being a liberal-minded, vegetarian, organic granola-eating hippie, I struggled with it. Sugar is The Enemy. Obesity a Growing Epidemic.
But bones are important. So we splashed on.
Then my 10-year old began demanding chocolate syrup in his milk. What next -- Froot Loops?
I let it slide. And still, we splashed on.
So far, their teeth have not fallen out (apart from the usual tooth-fairy business one would expect from young men of their age). Their nails look good. And I trust their bones are growing stronger.
Because for once, I didn't let perfect get in the way of pretty damn good. We need to remember that sometimes.
Be good with being pretty damn good. Splash on.
We splash in our household. Splash on!
ReplyDeleteYeah! We recently branched out with our syrup selection. I now stock strawberry too.
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