Clearly OT (but what the hell...) (was: food

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Nov 7 09:11:40 2001

I got in the habit of taking my boys to a cafeteria for the occasional meal when
they were with me. The purpose was to get them to try things, which I'd let
them pick, but they had to ead a couple of bites and then decide for themselves
whether they wanted it or not. I told them they could decide for themselves
whether they liked a given item, but they did have to decide on the basis of
having tasted it, not just on the basis of what someone else had told them.

It wasn't unusual to see them reject some veggie or fish, but it also wasn't
unusual to see them reject something and then come back to it later and give it
another try. I don't remember ever seeing them reject something and later go
back for another helping, though, so it did take a little time. This was all
training to permit them to acquire their own taste rather than simply reflecting
what was currently popular, as may youngsters do. Though they both like Mexican
food, which is popular here in Denver, neither of them willingly eats at Taco
Bell. I find that to be clear evidence of a relative success of my efforts to
make them form their own opinions.

There's no accounting for taste, but it's important that it be one's own taste
that's being used as the yardstick.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande_at_internet1.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: Clearly OT (but what the hell...) (was: food


> I was a witness to my mother finding out that my adopted sister truly
> didn't like lima beans. We were all sitting at the table..... "come on
> Andrea, eat those lima beans....... Mom, I don't like them...... eat
> them anyways......GAG BARF (literally :-)...... okay Andrea, you don't
> have to eat lima beans anymore :-)"
>
> Different situation than your kids, but funny!
>
> Then there was the time, I saw her literally force a banana down her
> throat as a two year old..... like we were going to take it away or
> something, if she didn't get it down right away.
>
> Richard Erlacher wrote:
> >
> > When my boys both were still well under 10 years old, they suddenly decided
they
> > didn't like mushrooms.
>
>
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