Monday, August 17, 2009  King Corn and the corn people  I've
written before about the book In Defense of Food: An Eater's
Manifesto, by Michael Pollan — "In Defense of Food: Growing your
own" and "In Defense of Food: Nutritionism and breastfeeding."
In my enthusiasm over the book, I've quoted and recapped pretty
much the whole thing to my husband. Although Sam seemed
intrigued, it didn't inspire him to crack open the book himself.
But this had happened before, and I knew what to do. Awhile ago,
I first read Unconditional ParentingUnconditional Parenting, by
Alfie Kohn, and marveled at the mind-blowing I received. I
discovered there was an Unconditional Parenting DVD, which our
library carried. Bingo! It was absolutely perfect. It translated
the main points of the book into a limited-timeframe format. Sam
enjoyed it so much that he recommends the DVD to other parents
without the energy to add another book to their reading list.
Please note that I am not faulting Sam for this. When I enjoyed
In Defense of Foo