In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote:

> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
> > The point being, the kid doesn't have to eat it, but isn't allowed to do
> > the "ewwwwwwwwwww, that's awful, yuk"...thing. A little bit of that
> > definitely goes a long way, and might even result in a tweaked ear if the
> > kid was mine. :-)
>
> I think it runs in the family. Both of my parents are still that way about
> foods they don't like. So it doesn't bother me at all.

It's bad manners. One may become accustomed to it, and even follow the
example and do it oneself, but it's still bad manners.

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