SYPM002: Sugar! with Rose Amanda

In this second episode of Sharing Your Parenting Mojo we talk with Rose, who is American but lives in Germany, about discussing math with girls – as well as with managing her daughter’s sugar intake.   Here’s Rose’s blog, where she discusses what she thought of my Parenting Beyond Pink and Blue episode.   If you’d like to be interviewed for Sharing Your Parenting Mojo, please complete the form located here and I’ll be in touch if there’s a fit…   Jump to highlights 00:56 Introduction to the "Sharing Your Parenting Mojo" segment and listener Rose 05:39 The episode that stuck with Rose: talking with girls about numbers and math 07:20 Practical ways Rose builds math into daily life, from stair-counting to odd-and-even dishwasher moments 10:41 Introducing the real topic: struggling with sugar and dessert limits 14:48 Moving to a one-sweet-a-day rule, and why it's led to sneaking and feeling restricted 19:10 How daycare food (and constipation) factors into the bigger picture at home 21:23 Starting problem-solving practice on lower-stakes issues before tackling sweets 24:29 Clarifying: deciding together through conversation, not just announcing a new rule 26:38 Whether sugar highs and crashes are the right framing when Rose hasn't actually observed them 28:13 Revisiting the Alfie Kohn rewards conversation and what building real autonomy looks like over time