Can We Talk About the Parental Food Police?

I never aspired to a career in law enforcement. The whole idea of trying to police a set of sometimes logical and sometimes arbitrary laws through a combination of rule setting, surveillance, "keeping the peace", and punishment gives me the hives. But when it comes to food and children, I sometimes (often, actually) feel like the parental food police. How do I change that?

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Wear Your Bike Helmet, Get Free Ice Cream

Ohio police are handing out tickets for free ice cream to kids under 12 who are wearing helmets. Will this improve safety or simply reinforce and exacerbate our society's tendency to use sugary treats as rewards?

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