71. Sorting Halloween Candy: What to let your kids keep (without being a food cop)

Your kids come home from trick-or-treating, they have a mound of candy, and your mom-brain instantly starts to try to dissect what to do. You want them to have a healthy relationship with all foods - Halloween candy included. But the indecision of how much candy they can have on Halloween, in the days after, and how to taper their candy intake so they don't have an ongoing sugar high has historically caused both you and them stress.

In this episode, we chat about:

• Your action plan for once you and your kids get home with all of the Halloween candy
• How to help your child self-regulate after trick-or-treating
• A simple approach to step in as a safety inspector instead of a food cop
• The three-part framework to lead your kids through when deciding what candy to keep (and giveaway)

 

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