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Default about 9-year-old who won't eat healthy food

On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 18:54:12 GMT, "wff_ng_6"
> wrote:

> "sf" > wrote:
> > However, I did have the 3 bite rule. Take 3 bites (which
> > didn't need to be huge), chew and swallow each one. If you
> > still don't like it at the end of swallow #3, you don't have
> > to finish - but at least you tasted it.

>
> Sometimes you just can't reason with a kid... the above reminds me of an
> experience with a niece of mine about 30 years ago. She was not real keen
> with hot dogs at the time. We thought she had at least tried out a bite of
> the hot dog. After dinner we went for a ride in the car. When we got to our
> destination about 1/2 hour later, we noticed she had something in her mouth.
> What was it?... that one bite of hot dog she took. It was so absolutely
> horrible to her that she would not swallow it... but she was willing to keep
> it in her mouth all that time!You would think she would have just swallowed
> it to get rid of the taste in her mouth.
>


It was 30 years ago? That means you've seen her grow up and
get on with "life". What is her adult personality like now?
Is she just as stubborn?


sf
Practice safe eating - always use condiments