Travel Agent For Guilt Trips
About once a year I like to send my kids on a guilt trip.
Oh, who am I kidding.
Once an hour.
(Mother! I make you so proud!)
One way I do this is by showing them pictures of "food" eaten in other countries. It isn't so much sending them on a guilt trip as it is "instilling perspective."
Terminology, schmerminolgy.
One of my favorite things to check out from the library is What the World Eats. The book showcases 25 families from 21 countries across the globe. The main pictures show the family members surrounded by their "groceries" for the week. It's a fascinating look at "hunger" and "junk food," and is far more interesting than any monologue *I* could cook up.
Some of you might be overwhelmed with a 160 page book. Don't be. Skip around, skip over. Don't let perfectionism keep you from a golden opportunity.
(But what do *I* know about perfectionism?)
I showed this book last year to the kids. During our most recent reading, my eldest son (nearly 7) and I had several conversations about the rich and the poor, big homes and no homes, fresh food and packaged foods. It's starting to sink in.
Go ahead, check it out. And feel good about passing on a littleguilt perspective.
Oh, who am I kidding.
Once an hour.
(Mother! I make you so proud!)
One way I do this is by showing them pictures of "food" eaten in other countries. It isn't so much sending them on a guilt trip as it is "instilling perspective."
Terminology, schmerminolgy.
One of my favorite things to check out from the library is What the World Eats. The book showcases 25 families from 21 countries across the globe. The main pictures show the family members surrounded by their "groceries" for the week. It's a fascinating look at "hunger" and "junk food," and is far more interesting than any monologue *I* could cook up.
Some of you might be overwhelmed with a 160 page book. Don't be. Skip around, skip over. Don't let perfectionism keep you from a golden opportunity.
(But what do *I* know about perfectionism?)
I showed this book last year to the kids. During our most recent reading, my eldest son (nearly 7) and I had several conversations about the rich and the poor, big homes and no homes, fresh food and packaged foods. It's starting to sink in.
Go ahead, check it out. And feel good about passing on a little
2 comments:
OK, I have put in a request for it at the WCPL. :) Thinking I can not only guilt MY children, but use it in my World Geography class at co-op as well. Oh, yeah - SHARE the guilt!
what an interesting book! I am going to have to go find it a our library.
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