On 2019-06-11 1:43 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 6/11/2019 7:53 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I hate it when adults tell kids the wrong name for things. For
>>> instance, my
>>> parents used to tell my nephew that he was eating little trees when
>>> he ate
>>> broccoli. They told Angela that the letter "S" was called "Sneaky
>>> Snake". I
>>> remember her teacher calling me and telling me that she knew all of her
>>> letters except for the letter "S". Doing stuff like that to a kid can be
>>> embarrassing to them and perhaps even damaging if they believe the wrong
>>> information.
>>
>> I don't see the correlation there, Julie.
>>
> It's a fairy tale.Â* There is a tenuous correlation with Kraft selling
> ranch dressing as "salad frosting".Â* No real reason for her parents to
> tell her nephew he wasn't eating broccoli.Â* As if saying "little trees"
> would make him more likely to eat broccoli.

We called broccoli hulk trees to get our son to try it. He liked it and
it remains on of his favourite vegetables.

>
> Same thing with her parents teaching Angela the word for 'S' was "sneaky
> snake".Â* You don't believe any of this, do you?
>
> Jill