Care Package
“IT’S GOOD TO BE KING” is a common refrain in my home, and it’s always in reference to my 5-year-old son, who, we joke, gets the royal treatment. My husband and I strive to teach him daily to make his bed and pick out his own clothes (and preferably put them on in less time than it takes to bake a loaf of bread), but naturally he needs a lot of help. He’s little and learning, so as parents we cook for him, clean for him, and make sure he’s filling up on fruits and vegetables, and forgoing too much sugar and screen time. We see to it that he gets to bed early, and rises to a healthy breakfast and enough runway to land a (relatively) stress-free, on-time arrival…
