19/01/2026
The best thing about being an adult is not having to eat your crusts!
And it’s gets better….. I fed them to the birds!
Crusts for me feel uncomfortable and dry in my mouth, they take a lot of chewing and for no reward! Pointless waste of energy and sensory discomfort!
But what do children hear from they choose what not to put in there bodies?
“Aren’t you going to eat your crusts?”
“Eat your crusts and then you can have your crisps”
“Are you wasting them?”
“You’ve left half the sandwich there”
How about we normalise letting kids decide what does and doesn’t go into their bodies while educating them about balancing food groups and trust them to know what feels good and what doesn’t!
Because this is about more than just sandwich crusts. This is about comfort, this is about body autonomy, this is about safety over compliance.
