About this site
Editorial Policy
Principles
- Useful first. Every page should help an adult teach or do something with children: an activity, a lesson, a printable or clear basics.
- No food shaming. We describe foods accurately and avoid words like "junk", "bad" or "clean". We never comment on or evaluate children's weight or bodies. Some pages explain how adults can avoid diet and body talk, and when to ask a doctor.
- Education, not treatment. We share general information from public health sources. Allergy plans, medical diets, growth and feeding difficulties belong with a child's doctor or a registered dietitian.
- Safety by design. Food activities include allergy checks, handwashing, age-appropriate preparation and adult-only tasks for heat and sharp tools.
- Inclusive. Examples reflect many food cultures, budgets and family set-ups, and activities offer non-food or adapted versions.
Sources
We prefer primary public sources such as USDA, FDA, CDC, FoodSafety.gov and the American Academy of Pediatrics' HealthyChildren.org. Each page lists its sources with the date they were accessed. When we learn that federal guidance has changed, we aim to re-check affected pages and update the "sources last checked" date; see Sources and review method.
Review status
Pages are labelled with their review status. Only pages that passed both an AI fact-check and an AI safety review are published. Pages that would need specialist (medical, allergy or dietetic) review are held back rather than published. No page is described as reviewed by a human professional.
Outbound links
We link to sources and to genuinely useful resources. We do not sell links. If the site ever links to another site with the same owner, that link will be relevant to the page, labelled as same-owner, and added only after a manual approval process. Paid, sponsored or affiliate links, if any are ever used, will be labelled and marked with rel="sponsored".
Translations
Spanish pages are original adaptations drafted with AI assistance and checked by an AI review pass. They have not been reviewed by a professional translator, and each one says so.
Corrections
See the corrections policy.