Nothing Is Right for Tea: What is happening at the one place everybody has to sit down

The toast cannot be uncut. You both know that.

Almost everything about a small child’s day is decided by somebody else. Then a plate arrives, and nobody can make a person swallow.

A short book about the twenty minutes around the plate. The sauce, the peas that are touching, the thing they asked for on Sunday.

Nothing here is about getting more into them. It is about taking the contest out of the twenty minutes.

“Put it down. Say nothing.”

Who it’s for

For the parent who has cooked three things and watched none of them get eaten. Ages 2 to 8, and for the adult more than the child.

The book

Paperback · 64pp · 127 x 203 mm · ISBN 978-1-911837-41-1
Published by The Regulated Human Co. Printed to order in the UK.

This book supports everyday emotional awareness. It is not a screening tool and it is not a substitute for professional guidance.

Everyday Signals is our range for the grown-up. Short books about the moments that repeat — the hallway, the plate, the landing at bedtime — written for the person managing them rather than the child having them. Little Signals is the companion range, written for children themselves. No quick fixes. No hype. Regulation before optimisation.