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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'd appreciate it if you could point out where I said that.
Food is great fun in our house...from the garden to the table, we watch the foodnetwork, everyone cooks in the family pretty much...it's a family event
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Exactly what it means in our house as well...
PumpkinAngel
What I don't think is understood is that a consequence wasn't needed because the rule was followed.
PumpkinAngel
From number 671: "I expect my children to learn something and understand why, but I also expect them to do as they are told even if they don't understand why."
Now, since I've obliged you, can you please give me the post number of where I said I don't ever expect my kids to do what I say? You made that up.
The 2-bite rule is the subject of this thread, and you talked below about how you ask your kids to eat two bites, but if they don't, it's okay. Surely I don't need to link that for you. If that's okay for your kids, why is it that my child is "disrespectful" if she doesn't eat 2 bites?
Where did I say I put more emphasis on a rule about food than a rule about backpacks? From the kids' perspective, it was just another rule. I didn't say, this rule is more important, or this rule is less important, or this is a special rule, or whatever it is you're imagining.
But yes, I think what you have to do to enforce a rule about picking up a backpack is very different from what you have to do to enforce a rule about eating a food that a child has an aversion to.
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