I want my kid to have a healthy relationship with food and her body. But I don’t want to break the budget on ice cream cones in this era of inflation, either. Elizabeth Narins is in a similar position: “I don’t want to be the mom who says yes to sweets every time — and it’s not just because I live in Brooklyn, where ice cream trucks charge $6 for a teeny tiny kiddie cup of soft-serve without sprinkles. ($6!) I don’t want my kid to expect to receive everything he asks for, whether it’s dessert every time we hit the playground or toy every time we hit that god-forsaken grocery store aisle with the toys.” So she reached out to Burnt Toast podcaster Virginia Sole-Smith, author Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, about how to thread the needle.