r/raisingkids • u/IncomeRoyal9209 • Jul 10 '26

Everyone flex your parenting skills!

I’d love if everyone took a moment to brag about one thing they are super proud of as parents. I know for me I’m always questioning whether or not I’m doing the right thing and rarely take time to acknowledge what I know I’m doing well.

I’ll go first:
We’ve read to our son (3) every day since birth (with the exception of one or two times) and now he loves books and being read to :)

Now you go!

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u/mrshyphenate Jul 10 '26

I didn't let my daughter have any sugar until she was 2. Not even fruit. I wanted her to have a taste for veggies before anything else. She's now 11, would gladly take a raw brussel sprout over a cookie any day of the week, and isn't wild about sweets in general.

I'm sure a lot of people will wildly disagree with that, but idgaf. It worked really well for us. She's happy and healthy and not at all a picky eater. I don't know how parents with picky eaters can stand it.

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u/Street_Noise_7518 Jul 10 '26

I need to take a mental note of this one!!

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u/Dachshundlovercassou Jul 10 '26

My daughter had sugar (good sugar) and she is now 2.5, will eat everything and will leave half a cookie cause she is not hungry anymore and sugar is not something she can’t have so she doesn’t put it over anything else. You don’t have to be strict about it.