Your guide to activities and fun things to do with your preschoolers, toddlers and kids in atlanta, GA

National Eating Disorders Week & an Interview with Emme

February 23, 2009

Emme is working with Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity to educate our country about weight bias, weight discrimination and wants to share with you helpful ways to teach your children about the harmful effects of weightbias and how to support a child in your life who is the victim of such a horrible experience.

Savvy Source - What exactly is weight bias? Why is it such a growing problem in the US? 

Emme - The issue with childhood obesity is that it has doubled in the past 20 years.  30% of adults are obese.  1 in 5 children are overweight.  The obesity rate in teenagers has tripled in the last 20 years.  If you read the studies that are being done you realize that children who are obese have the same type of feeling as a child going through cancer treatments. 

They get mobbed, they get verbally assaulted by their parents, other friends, coaches, teachers.  To think that these kids are walking around, having to deal with this? It is vitally important that government take it past just talking about.  Nothing is really being done behind the scenes.

Savvy Source - Yale University's Rudd Center has recently produced two videos.  What do you hope the videos will accomplish in the fight against weight bias?

Emme - Exactly what we're doing right now.  We're talking to ... (to read the rest of the interview, please visit Being Savvy Cleveland )

Kids Eat Free!

by Mimi Jenkins

January 14, 2009

I know, we're all pinching pennies and looking for ways to save. And when it comes to dinner times, hopefully, we're planning our meals and cooking in ... most of the time. I know, I know... sometimes, Mom (or Dad) just needs a break from cooking! Well, here are some places around metro Atlanta that have "Kids eat free" specials. Stevi B's Pizza -- Kids 3 and under eat free with  Read more...

A Family Resolution -- Family Meal Planning (with giveaway)

by Mimi Jenkins

January 08, 2009

Is one of your family resolutions to eat healthier? Or maybe just learn to cook? Or try and be more organized about your meal time planning? We all know that eating together as a family is one of the best bonding times you can have with your kids. The benefits abound, from learning social skills, to table manners to just staying connected. When I was growing up, dinner time was our  Read more...

Mind Your Manners at the Table

by Mimi Jenkins

September 25, 2008

The other day I surprised Josh, my oldest son, and showed up at school to have lunch with him. I tell you I was mortified at his table manners or lack thereof -- picture a cross between Cookie Monster and a tornado. Seriously, it was bad! Now, I know kids are kids, but he's seven. He knows better. At home we enforce good table manners, so I was shocked when I saw what a mess he was  Read more...

Friday Family Fun Night: We all Scream for Ice Cream

by Mimi Jenkins

September 19, 2008

It's Friday again and that means another FFFN in Atlanta. Tonight we'll be at the Kennesaw Elementary School's 100th year Celebration . All are welcome, but I realize that not every one wants to make the trek up to my neck of the woods on a Friday night! So this post is all about ice cream. It's a fun thing to do with the kids, relatively cheap and it gets the kids all hopped up on  Read more...