Mom Feeds Her Four Kids Dinner at 3 p.m. Every Day—Here’s Why
Published on April 17, 2024
A mom says she feeds her kids dinner at 3 p.m. so they are less “overstimulated” and to “eliminate the chaos.” Aimee Connor, 38, found her three younger children—Indi, 5, Bili, 3, and Bodhi, 1—were always hungry by 3 p.m., when her eldest daughter, Mahli, 7, arrived home from school. The family was already having an early dinner at around 4.30 p.m., so Ms. Connor and her husband, Shay Connor, 42, a building designer, could put the kids to sleep by 6 or 7 p.m. However Ms. Connor found her kids were getting irritable, and she’d fallen into the habit of giving them unhealthy snacks while cooking....