{"id":8353,"date":"2012-09-03T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=8353"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:03:44","slug":"kd-gold-fish-and-the-fine-art-of-parenting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=8353","title":{"rendered":"KD, Gold Fish and the fine art of parenting…"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK I raised my kids on Gold Fish crackers and KD – that’s Kraft Dinner not K. D. Lang.  Some say that if you have a child until the age of seven, you have them for life and I think that they must be right, because my 30-year-old still eats KD and my daughter at 20, bought herself a Gold Fish cracker carrier – Finn –  this summer.<\/p>\n

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\nWhat can I say.  I tried all the good stuff and they refused to eat – so I caved in early and gave them what they wanted!!  Now The 19-year old doesn’t eat either of these.  But, he’ll have eggs – any style, anytime or frozen pizza.  I must have gone through a frozen pizza stage, which I can’t remember because I was raising two kids who were 14 months apart, plus their older brother – busy time – who could remember anything \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Anyway today on the theme of celebrating ordinary things – I am giving centre stage to Finn and linking you to one of my favourite commercials – the KD Gold Fish<\/a> ad. The video comes pretty close to a definitive statement of the craziness of my family life then!!!<\/p>\n

I’m not saying that there were times when I could have “eaten the kids” – but there were times when we had to come up for air through some thick yellow sludge.<\/p>\n

Celebrate just getting through it.  Put front and centre a small trophy like Finn, as a reminder that you achieved something phenomenal.<\/p>\n

Have a great day!!!<\/p>\n

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