SC - So ya wanna Twinkie :)

[Groulx, Michelle]

kathe1 at juno.com wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998 19:01:47 EDT Varju at aol.com writes:
> >In a message dated 98-08-05 17:40:41 EDT, you write:
> 
> >
> >I still believe what my mother and grandmother always said, that a
> >child is a
> >fussy eater only if you let them get away with it.
> 
> Not true. I always believed that, too, until I had kids. My eldest is a
> carbohydrate fiend. He will eat anything that looks like bread, but not
> much else. He ate everything as a baby, but as he got older, he developed
> likes and dislikes of his own. I refuse to make him seperate meals; he
> has to try a bite of everything I serve, then he either eats what we are
> having or he doesn't eat. You know what, he doesn't eat. He can go
> without dinner 6 out of 7 nights. He doesn't eat lunch, either. And we
> don't do a whole lot in the way of snacks around here. You either eat at
> meal time or wait until the next meal is served. Little junk food, fast
> food or convenience food, either.  My 5 year old is better, but he still
> would rather go hungry than eat things he doesn't like. The pediatrician
> says they're healthy, so we don't hassle them. My sister, who has older
> kids, says hers were like that, too, until they reached about 11 or 12
> (Yea! My eldest is 10!) and now they will eat *anything*.  Adults have
> different personalities, likes and dislikes. Why not kids?
> 
> Julleran

In essence, Julleran, you prove Noemi's point. You haven't allowed your
child's likes or dislikes to rule your kitchen.  They eat what they want out
of what you provide, and you do not provide a dummed down menu for their sake.
 
Bravo.

A child who is a fussy eater, barring illness, is a child who has learned to
manipulate the grown-ups.  I would describe your children as decisive eaters. 
I think must fussy eaters would have been decisive, except the grown ups
didn't like their choices or feared they would starve, and so catered and
cajoled them into fussiness.  

my last .02, I'm off to visit mom.

Bonne
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