What about eating issues?

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What about eating issues?
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Fri, 06-10-2005 - 2:24pm

We have debated sleeping issues to death once again....so what about another one of the issues of childhood....eating and/or not eating?


My kids eat just about anything and have a pretty well rounded diet.

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 9:57am

Yes, there are people with less flexible temperaments. . .they may either have feisty or slow-to-warm temperaments.


I disagree that any temperament is inately 'disagreeable'.


I specifically stated that when I teach about temperament I teach that it is VITAL to find the positives of a child's temperament so that we can most appropriately work with a child and establish a 'goodness of fit' between our temperament and our childs (or the child we're working with) or between the environment and the child's temperament.


My dd1 and I do NOT have a natural goodness of fit. . .our temperaments clash at times.

Virgo
 
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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 9:59am

Gee, my kids never go on vacation or take holidays with me.

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 9:59am
that's patently obvious.

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 10:01am

Yup! Both my boys love me to pieces, but they show their love so differently! LOL!

For example, one time I had a stomach virus. I threw up in the bathroom. DS1 comes in and asks if he can make me a cup of tea or some broth. DS2 comes in and says, "Are you okay, Mom? YUK! That's gross!" and walks out. LOL! That describes my boys in the simplest way possible.

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 10:06am

Which is why it is so important for parents to help children and environmental expectations

Virgo
 
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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 10:26am
As I understand it, the character in the TV show that was brought up here as an example of the realities of how difficult it is to parent routinely steals her children's medication for herself and once ran away from it all.
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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 10:27am
I'm Christian, not Buddhist. But my faith helps, it that's what you're getting at.
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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 10:32am

But you still have not clarified. Do you think Joey needs early childhood intervention like QM suggested? Do you think he is crying out for help and his mother is not responding to his needs? Are you suggesting by saying you saw a red flag that PNJ and Joey might need therapy? Do you think Joey does have problems and they lie in the behavior of his mother?


"I do not want to be a princess! I want to be myself"

Mallory (age 3)

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 10:36am
Most kids will follow directions most of the time if the directions make sense to them and/or if they trust the person giving the directions. When really little kids "refuse to follow directions," I have found 9 times out of ten it's either that they don't understand what they are being asked to do, or they don't trust the person giving the directions. The tenth time is because they're feeling a bit rebellious. The trick is to get them following directions 90% of the time pretty quickly and work on the 10% of the time when it really is a behavior problem. If authority figures act like it's a behavior problem 100% of the time, they are setting themselves up for problems.
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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 10:38am
Ah, I've never watched that show, so I had no idea. It seemed to just be more hyperbole.

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