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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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i don't pretend to be any kind of adventurous cook.
(shrug)
It is true that my children are perhaps not that particularly stubborn.
I do teach my children to be polite and respectful; I just don't do it by telling them what to do all the time. And in my house, respect goes both ways--I don't force a child to eat a food they have an aversion too. I teach them to say, no thank you.
As a member of the two bite club, our family has never talked about it either like that either. They just take what they want at the table, and it's usually a little bit of everything.
Food is not the ally or enemy in our household, it usually pleasurable as well as nutritious and sometimes sinfully delicious. We all like most fresh vegetables; I have 2 carnivores and one who mostly grazes in beans, grains and dairy (I never tell him you must eat the meat course!). My kids like lima beans and they absolutely disgust me, so I have to serve them sometimes. One loves raw littenecks and oysters on the half shell {shutter}.
The two bite rule means "hey - here's something new, try it, you may like it", it is not a battlefield as you seem to infer. It's an challenge that may have a payoff.
I've got one kid with sensory issues, but it's about fabrics not food. Kohls is not terribly pleased when you open up packages to try on socks - that's my lesson for the day...
Actually, you said that you never expect your children to do as they are told.
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