Misha Collins, May His Name Be Praised

But also, sometimes they dont like the way its cooked in ways that can be easily fixed.

For example: If your kid doesnt like the way the food 'feels, thats a texture issue. A really easy way to avoid veggies texture (especially for things like onions, peppers, or squashes) is to brown them in a pan, then puree them with a bit of oil in a blender or food processor, and pour the pureed veggies into the end product as a sauce. Itll have the texture of marinera and add all the flavor and nutrition, just in a better texture.

If its leefy greens like spinach or kale that 'feel' bad, freeze them for a a few hours before cooking and then throw the still frozen greens into a blender/food processor. It will chop them up into tiny peices the size of dried basil flakes and eliminate the limp texture found in cooked spinach.

Also! Many children dislike bitter/sour flavors because poisons and mold are often bitter or sour. Humans evolved to be hypervigilant against bitter/sour flavors when we are small because poisons and molds that might be fine for a full grown adult could be deadly for a small child. To be safe, children will instinctively avoid anything bitter or sour, even if its perfectly safe for them. Telling them the food is safe won't shutoff that instinct that screams danger to them. If they are 2-10, dont pressure them or they may also come to associate butter flavors with getting in trouble. Once they get into the 10+ range, the instinct to spit out the bitter food will likely go away completely and they will find they actually love it. Bitter/sour foods might be things like kale, broccoli, citrus, cranberries, coffee, green tea, dark chocolate, and fermented foods. If your kid doesnt like the flavor of foods that are bitter, understand that they arent being difficult, their body is trying to protect them. Either try finding other foods that give the same nutrients or add other flavors to cover the bitter flavor. (Cheese, milk chocolate, yogurt, and savory/umami flavors often work well for this. Theres a reason cheddar broccoli soup is so liked by children. The cheese helps cover the bitterness.)

What Im saying is always ask them why they dont like the food. Sometimes they have a medical consdition and you need to know. Other times, there are easy ways to alter their meal to make the texture palatable without sacrificing taste. And sometimes its just that their body instinctively knows they are small and vulnerable in a world full of poisons and is trying to protect them the only way it can until it is big enough to survive.

Even if a sex worker partner is having sex with clients, it’s also literally just work. It isn’t morally wrong. There is nothing wrong with it if both parties in a relationship are aware of the work, and if everyone is being safe.

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Saint Roch, by Francesco Ribalta, c. 1625, Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia

Daddy Dom Clark with a mortgage. 50 years old. Has raised his own kids. Amicable divorced once the kids were old enough to understand their dad is gay. Knows exactly how to turn a boy over his knee.

If the story emphasizes a deep close bond that is NOT ROMANTIC or SEXUAL, you use the & between the names. Name & Name.

If the story doesnt actually emphasize their emotional bond (like they just happen to be coworkers or teammates or are family and the story isnt about their bond) you dont need to tag them at all. Or just add them in the Characters tags but not the Shipping tags.

Please stop tagging ships that arent there. Omfg. Please stop tagging ships with / if they arent dating or sexual or crushing on each other. Please stop using / on a ship tag for people who are shown as best friends. Please stop using / when the two characters dont even have crushes. Being teammates or best friends or having a sisterly or brotherly bond does not equal / . If your two characters doent want to date or make out or fuck each other, you use the fucking & sign.

Adam/Bob means Adam and Bob want to date or have sex. At least one if not both is sexually or romantically attracted to the other.

Adam & Bob means the story revolves around their friendship, their platonic bond, and how close they are.

If Adam and Bob just happen to be teammates or coworkers or barely talk to each other or just happen to be brothers of the main character, you dont have to tag any relationship at all between them. Just add them as a Character tag or ignore them completely

Google set out about a decade ago to push their (relatively unpopular) chromebooks by supplying them below-cost to schools for students, explicitly marketing them as being easy to restrict to certain activities, and in the offing, kids have now grown up in walled gardens, on glorified tablets that are designed to monetize and restrict every movement to maximize profit for one of the biggest companies in the world.

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