Secret Snacking for the Win

Why hiding in the pantry with your favorite food can be therapeutic.

View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story December 19, 2020 A roundup of new guidance and stories from NYT Parenting. Golden Cosmos Early in the pandemic, I discovered that your car can provide a fantastic refuge for the inconvenient emotions you are stuffing down in front of your children. While a sedan is still a good place to muffle your tears, this week, Virginia Sole-Smith tells us about another use for the humble automobile: It can be the site of a secret and restorative food ritual, like scarfing down grocery store sushi. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT “It does not matter what the food is, as long as you love it and can find a time to eat it all by yourself. If you can leave your house to do it, even better, but it is absolutely acceptable to hide in your pantry and eat saltine crackers covered in strawberry jelly,” Virginia writes. (Personally, I eat my secret stash of chocolate in the pantry, and I never, ever share.) Also this week, Katharine Gammon explores the guilt, anxiety and stress that pregnant people experience when they catch Covid-19. Brianna Bell has an essay about what it has been like to live through the pandemic as a parent with pre-existing agoraphobia. Melinda Wenner Moyer has tips for squashing sibling fights. Jenny Gross looks at a sampling of the 23,000 letters the U.S. Postal Service has received this year that were addressed to Santa. You can anonymously provide for a child in need by adopting their wish list through the Postal Service’s Operation Santa. Finally, I’m beyond pleased to introduce the Primal Scream Line. It’s part of a bigger project on the hardships of pandemic parenting that we’re cooking up in 2021, and it is pretty self-explanatory: Click here or call 212-556-3800, and after the beep, the floor is yours to yell, laugh, cry or vent for a solid minute. No judgment. We’re here for all of it. Thanks for reading! — Jessica Grose, columnist, NYT Parenting P.S. We had a tech glitch, so you may have missed Wednesday’s newsletter, which is about how to get your kid to bathe: Read “Smells Like Tween Armpit” here. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THIS WEEK IN NYT PARENTING Mustafa Hussain for The New York Times The Psychic Toll of a Pandemic Pregnancy Women who had Covid while expecting experienced guilt, shame and unhealthy levels of stress. By Katharine Gammon Lauren Justice for The New York Times If Teachers Get the Vaccine Quickly, Can Students Get Back to School? Teachers’ unions largely support plans to put educators near the front of the line, but given availability and logistics, that might not be enough to open more schools in the spring. By Eliza Shapiro and Shawn Hubler Janik Söllner The Restorative Power of Secret Food Rituals For parents like me, it’s sushi in my car for 15 blissful minutes — and here’s why that’s OK. By Virginia Sole-Smith Ian Willms for The New York Times Parenting With Agoraphobia Is Hard. It’s Harder in a Pandemic. When the virus spread, my family went into lockdown, and the rhythms and routines that helped me cope went out the door. By Brianna Bell David Ryder/Getty Images Dear Santa: It’s Been a Hard Year In 23,000 letters addressed to the North Pole, collected through a U.S. Postal Service program, wish lists from children across the nation reflect the strain of this year. By Jenny Gross Clockwise from top left: MJ Franklin, Hannah Wise, Sapna Maheshwari, Lily Benson, MJ Franklin, Tammy Tarng Show Us a Positive Moment From 2020 We want to see the good moments you captured in photos and video during this challenging year, and hear what they mean to you now. By Hannah Wise Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Tiny Victories Parenting can be a grind. Let’s celebrate the tiny victories. My 2-year-old son despises anything remotely tight, like socks. So now, instead of calling them socks, we call them his “sleeping bags” for his toes. — Jennifer Yates Jeschke, Naperville, Ill. If you want a chance to get your Tiny Victory published, find us on Instagram @NYTparenting and use the hashtag #tinyvictories; email us; or enter your Tiny Victory at the bottom of this page. Include your full name and location. Tiny Victories may be edited for clarity and style. Your name, location and comments may be published, but your contact information will not. By submitting to us, you agree that you have read, understand and accept the Reader Submission Terms in relation to all of the content and other information you send to us. Continue reading the main story Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for NYT Parenting from The New York Times. To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018

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