it's all in what works for your family

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Registered: 07-18-2009
it's all in what works for your family
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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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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 08-31-2009 - 11:17am

Thanks....great idea, that's how I prepare sweet potatoes and everyone in the family loves them that way.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 08-31-2009 - 11:31am

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I didn't say "more emphasis" in my post....but it goes back to post 283/290


post 290: <<And imo, food isn't like books or backpacks.>>

PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 08-31-2009 - 11:37am

I'm still at a loss at to where I ever stated that my house/family rules would work for everyone....can you provide a post number for that?

PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 08-31-2009 - 11:41am

I'm still at a loss as to where I ever said that my families rules would work for everyone....which seems to be a large portion of your argument with me, can you please provide the post where I stated or implied that my family rules work for all?


PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 08-31-2009 - 11:45am

<<I thought you said something to the effect that if it wasn't followed that was ok too, which certainly implied that there were times when it wasn't. You also mentioned that your "enforcement" of house rules consists of repeating the rule. >>


No on both counts.

PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 08-31-2009 - 11:49am

That could be....it's interesting, their are many things that are simply automatic with my boys as I said before, the two bite rule for new foods being one of them...but the rules that have been introduced in later years, are less automatic.


PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 08-31-2009 - 11:53am

But she's capable of quite a number of other things that my boys wouldn't even try...I'm still working on getting the oldest to having an open mind about one of his classes at school....musical theatre.

PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 08-31-2009 - 11:59am

<<ironically, too, weren’t you hounding the op for a *logical* consequence to the eating issue—arguing that asking a kid to taste foods is inappropriate because there is not logical consequence (other than the power-struggle garbage like keeping the kid at the table or making him go hungry) to not eating—and yet, now you propose that a parent withhold *snacks* as a consequence for not picking up a backpack when told to? where’s the *logic* in that? >>


I think I missed that part of the post....to me, withholding food or snacks based on picking up a

PumpkinAngel

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Mon, 08-31-2009 - 12:03pm
I have sometimes told the kids they couldn't have food until they'd cleaned up something else. It's usually morning, and it's usually, "Breakfast is ready, but go hang up your towels and throw your clothes in the hamper first or you will forget." I do not know why, but my children believe that the floor is a necessary way station for clothes on the way to the hamper.
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Registered: 03-06-2009
Mon, 08-31-2009 - 12:04pm
you'd be amazed at what ordinary every day things send her into absolute panic attacks though.

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