Guest guest Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 wonderful food rules!abby I know I am a month late responding to this but I just had to tell you our two household food rules :-) Rule 1: Sit while eating (this was primarily when the kids were younger and I was worried they'd fall and choke...or wrestle and choke..or jump off the couch and choke...) Rule 2: If you don't complain about the mushrooms, I won't make you eat them! It's a lot of fun when kids who are used to more rules come to our house and for some reason or another food rules come up and we share these. They are aghast! What? I don't have to clean my plate? I don't have to eat some of everything? You trust me?! Really, the same responses *we* have when we begin IE, right? Of course, I have gotten in trouble with other parents (including my own as my sister is 20 years younger than I am), for letting them make their own choices. Once I had a group of kids over and they went through two cases of soda. My parents went through the roof. My kid? Drank more soda than was good for him but THEN decided that if he didn't drink some water before he went to bed, he'd feel lousy in the morning. These kids are teens--if we don't let them give themselves a tummyache, how else will they learn what their tummy wants? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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