Sweets Remain Sweet — But They’re No Longer A ‘Treat’

Normalizing sugar with my kids

A.J. Bryant

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“Hey guys— do you want ice cream? I’m stopping for some mint chocolate chip. Anyone interested?”

A few seconds later from the backseat— “No, we’re fine Dad. We don’t want ice cream.”

We were driving home from the library in the early afternoon.

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A.J. Bryant

Adopted from Kerala. I write about adoption, my intercultural marriage, contemporary India and more. Prawns are my love language.