Scary Creators and Cakes

Something as simple as a loaf of bread or a delicious cake, would not normally be associated with a frightening and dangerous situation. And if you've made a sandwich with the intention of providing a healthy lunch for your child, only to be told it's not really what they prefer, then maybe it's time to explain that they don't really know how dangerous it was to get that piece of bread to the supermarket shelf.

When the look of 'confusion' replaces the look of 'yuck' and is attached to why a simple piece of bread that made that sandwich would possibly be associated with a scary situation, it may be time to discuss the terrifying adventure in A Delicious Dusty Breakfast. While being confronted by a huge, furious, wild Boar when you least expect it, you as a reader will wonder if you'll get away, be saved by someone or something. In turn, it will help you feel that you learnt something very useful. It's a crazy world we live in. Everything apparently needs to be done at warp speed. So the outbreak of table war at breakfast time could have two opportunities to give yourself a gift and make yourself proud that you possess very positive influences. 

Firstly, read the story to your audience, your fussy eaters, possibly fixing a daily problem of simply keeping your wits about yourself and being aware. It is an important lesson. Secondly, you've spent quality time and been speaking about a subject often overlooked. Where does a particular item in life actually come from? It may be the start to conversations that bring a lot of people together. A scary subject that heightens awareness has been a gift given from teachers of wisdom for centuries. Cakes have been associated with celebration for centuries, and bread has been a tool for brokerage of conflict for centuries. This simple act of parenting and guidance, sharing the reading of A Delicious Dusty Breakfast, could well be a game changer for the way your children accept something old or new on the family table, and elsewhere. Who knows?