The Grown-Up’s Case for Kid Food

How becoming a parent opened my eyes to the delights of chicken tenders and pizza bagels

Matt Ufford
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5 min readMar 19, 2019

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When I stopped being a kid, I stopped eating kid food. I went 20 years without eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. If I made myself a grilled cheese during that span, I don’t remember it. Quesadillas were only ever someone else’s order at a bar; ditto…

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Matt Ufford
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Director of Digital Video Social Content at ESPN. Previously: U.S. Marine Corps, Uproxx, SB Nation. Recovering blogger. Tired dad.