Kids are more likely to eat food they’ve picked out and prepared themselves. It’s established wisdom. But when the cards are down and it’s time to head to the store, it’s all too easy to give into the temptation to leave the kids at home with your partner and go pick up the groceries yourself. It’s so much quicker and easier, right? What you need, tired parent, is a dirty dozen cheat sheet for kids. We hope you already carry a copy of the Environmental Working Group’s dirty dozen produce list in your wallet, reminding you which fruits and vegetables are the worst offenders when it comes to pesticide residues. (If you don’t have one, you should; cheat sheets make healthy, sustainable shopping sooo much easier.) Now, you can arm your kids with their own treasure map for the hunt: a colorful, kid-friendly version of dirty dozen cheat sheet from My Paper Crane. Download and print off a copy (you can even laminate it, if you think it’ll be seeing a lot of hard action), then hand it to your kids at the store and let them pick their own. I’ve done this with my own kids since they were big enough to read the list, and they love sleuthing out the tastiest healthy choices. With this new kid-friendly version, you can introduce your own family to the thrill of the produce hunt even before they can read. That’s one more job off your list and in the (grocery) bag! (Photo credit: My Paper Crane ) Company: Environmental Working Group Glossary: Organic , Toxicity , Pesticides
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Parenting hack: Let kids pick their own produce
