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it's all in what works for your family
| Sat, 07-18-2009 - 6:38pm |
I don't believe that children that have parents that work outside of the house are at a disadvantage... I also don't believe that children that have a parent that stays at home somehow benifit.

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That's exactly how I feel about teaching children to try two bites of a new food, it did take more time, energy and patience for sure...because our family believes that trying two bites of a new food before saying one doesn't like that food is the right thing....and if I have to remind them of that rule, and spend time...that's okay, even if someone states on a debate board years later that time and energy is nagging.
PumpkinAngel
Nothing is complicated. Nowhere have I ever posted that there was anything wrong with the two bite rule.
I see it as I do many parenting issues. People do what they feel works best for their family. Some choose to use the two bite rules, some choose not too. Neither one is automatically wrong.
I realized that I can't control what my child eats on a regular basis, just because they spend a large portion of time out of my control....via school, activities and so forth so I wanted to lay down a ground work of good eating habits and one of those was the two bite rule for new foods.
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I think the opposite, encouraging a child to open minded about new foods isn't risky at all and teaching a child to try something before they say they don't like it is a very good teaching moment about not judging something based on the outside.
PumpkinAngel
Rules and consequences are not the same thing.
<< If that's not the case, what do you mean when you say you don't separate it out? >>
As I have said before, I don't put more/less importance on any of the house/family rules.
PumpkinAngel
That's not my parenting style, my style is more to teach a child while they should
PumpkinAngel
Yep, it's just those what if's that keep getting in the way.
PumpkinAngel
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