Valentine’s Day and Easter — other than Halloween, nothing rivals these two springtime holidays for sheer terror in the heart of a sugar-averse Red Pill Parent. My household is by no means ‘clean’ of the offending substance, but I do try to not get carried along by the prevailing cultural insistence that these two holidays represent an open floodgate of candy coming into your household and your child’s mouths. And I do try to set a good example and help out my fellow parents by not exacerbating the situation for them.
Red Pill Papa and I have a few creative ideas, but we would LOVE to hear what our fantastic community of creative, trend-bucking RPPs have come up with for both fun non-candy Valentines, as well as Easter traditions that do not exclusively involve strategically hidden egg-enshrouded sugar bombs.
Please email your suggestions and success stories to me at mama@redpillparents.com. I’ll publish the compiled Valentines Day ideas late this week (so you have time to work on them over the weekend) and the Easter ideas with, uh, a bit more lead time.
