Well, my kids don't get white bread either but they still want skinny jeans, ipods and video games...just read about Lauren's birthday. So what am I doing wrong?

I remember being jealous of the lunch your mom packed you everday for school. I only wished my mom would have packed me a lunch. She never did. I even packed my own lunch in 1st grade. So, I guess I can pull that out if my kids ever complain about their lunches. I can hear it now, "When I was a kid I would have been happy to just have my mom pack me a lunch." Though, my kids have never asked for white bread. They don't mind the wheat bread at all. Maybe cuz they have skinny jeans they need to fit in to!

Tera, you're not doing anything wrong...the problem is your kids like the wheat bread, so it's not something they care about. You have to find something else really awful...like make them eat oatmeal w/o sugar or something. But really what it all probably boils down to is that my kids aren't cool enough to ask for skinny jeans and I'm pretty sure they don't even know what an ipod is!!

Tera, honey, you're being the mom that other kids are jealous of. And yes, Carrie, deprivation works - look how good you turned out!

i think white bread is icky. and i'm pretty picky about what wheat bread i'll buy too (it's not all the same that's for sure!). in fact, i've decided, one day in the near future, i'm going to try making my own wheat bread. now, i'm not ready to get out the wheat grinder or anything, but we'll see how it turns out. thank goodness my kids like wheat bread!! and i loved that you said zamir is probably vitamin deficient and his diet is lacking in fiber! hahaha!!!

I love the way you write Carrie. You are always so funny. I too am a whole wheat mom. My kids actually don't know the difference, but a little while back we had two of Keagans friends from church over and I made them sandwiches and the children refused...REFUSED...to eat it because the bread looked all brown and weird. I laughed and Keagan just looked at them like they were crazy. There mom is also a white bread mom. So go you for supporting the wheat bread company...well not really a company but the type I guess. Us moms, of vitamin filled kids, have to stick together right:>

Years ago-after hanging out with you long enough, I switched to wheat bread and butter. No more margarine or white bread. The kids don't even remember there is white bread, and if they do, they never ask for it. They are even content eating the 'brown' hot dog and hamburger buns. They would probably think it was weird if I came home with the white bread.

Matthew has been known to say thank you in his prayers for the white bread that his dad brought home from the store. I love wheat bread too, and feel kind of bad for kids that eat the white fluffy stuff. Is it really good? Does it even taste like bread? I just don't remember and I don't want to ever try it again. It is great when you can make them happy with things like white bread.

How many of you have to hear week after week about how good the WHITE sacrament bread is. I am sure my kids mmmmmm's can be heard for rows!!