Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> Mr. Bill > wrote:
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>>On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:16:20 -0600, Omelet >
>>wrote:
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>>>Kids have rights too.
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>>When their name is on the deed.....they get to make up the rules. Be
>>THE PARENT OR CARETAKER first!!!
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> Bullshit.
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>>They will thank you later and
>>learn valuable lessons in rearing their own children.
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> And they will hate certain foods for the rest of their lives...
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> I will NOT treat my nephews like I was treated! And my sister won't
> either.

My mother was an indifferent cook at best but she wasn't generally
abusive about food. Except for once. When I was 7 she made guacamole
tostadas (for the very first time) for dinner on Halloween and refused
to let my sister and I go out for trick or treating until we ate them.
I stuck mine to the underside of the dinner table when she wasn't
looking and came back and cleaned it off the next day.

My younger sister, crying and retching, actually ate hers. I felt sorry
for her, but not sorry enough to show her how to avoid it. If I had,
sure as god made little green apples she'd have used it to blackmail me.
As I've said before, being a shit has consequences.

However, if my paternal grandmother had raised me I have no doubt that I
would have wound up bulemic. *She* would fill your plate for you and
you were expected to Eat It All. This, after my grandfather had been
plying us with entire bottles of sodas and popsicles and cookies and god
knows what all else, all afternoon.

My kids are expected to try a tiny amount of new foods but after that
they are allowed to say no thank you to items they don't care for.
They're not allowed to ask for something else but they can say no.

On a recent trip to Costco, I found my daughter standing in front of the
cheese case, transfixed by a package of fresh mozzarella. I couldn't
remember having bought it any time recently and asked her when she'd
ever had it. "You made a salad with it once, sliced it up with fresh
tomatoes and basil and olive oil. I was mad when you made me try it but
it was so good. It's the only way I really like tomatoes. I wish it
was summer."

And I was like, huh, who knew?

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> As a result, these two kids love a far greater variety and are not
> afraid to try stuff.

My kids will eat just about anything, including, in my daughter's case,
homemade garlic liver dog treats.

> We really need to get over the power trip too many parents practice
> against their kids. It's just plain ****ing WRONG!

Yup. Food is not a moral issue.