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- Path: sparky!uunet!tessi!allen
- From: allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren)
- Subject: Re: Eat when and what you want
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.014328.13900@tessi.com>
- Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
- References: <1992Nov16.215331.16668@ttinews.tti.com> <26587@optima.cs.arizona.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:43:28 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- shack@cs.arizona.edu (David Shackelford) writes:
-
- > >I am of the opinion that children will eat when they are ready
- > >but I also believe that it is my responsiblity to teach them they
- > >can't always run and play when it is suppertime just because they
- > >aren't hungry. The rule at my house is "If you aren't hungry, that
- > >is fine then don't eat it but you must sit down quietly with us
- > >while we are eatting"
-
- >This is an excellent combination of standards. You can't force
- >a child to eat what she doesn't want, but can expect her to be
- >considerate of others' needs.
-
- Thanks for the posting on this. I was wondering how I could state
- this same thing to my kids so that there could be a family social
- hour without *too* much trouble.
-
- >One thing to remember is that later in life (school+) we need to
- >follow the schedule generally acceptable by society. I don't know
- >when or how to start them eating on society's schedule. Any
- >suggestions for future reference??
-
- I'm guessing you mean the average American schedule? Other countries
- and cultures have vastly differing schedules, like eating late in
- the evening, or having extremely long lunches, etc. As for us, the
- only schedule we keep at our home is breakfast and evening meal times.
- Lunch is definitely varied, although is *usually* happens around noontime.
-
- >Dave Shackelford
-
- >(To my detractors: A post that doesn't mention that controversial
- >parenting technique -- how did that happen?? Maybe I'm more than a
- >single-issue kind of guy... ;-)
-
- NO!! Say it isn't SO!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)
-
- Gee Dave, maybe you're just getting to be a softie in your old age, eh? =)
-
- Maybe I should be mean and set out some bait:
-
- "You know Dave, concerning spanking and . . . " Sorry, just COULDN'T
- pass that up! =) ;)
-
- allen
-