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yup 7.30PM in our house and we eat together most of the time make our own food (from scratch and involve the kids in making sure they help out) and we give them
by ThomPete 8y ago
yup 7.30PM in our house and we eat together most of the time make our own food (from scratch and involve the kids in making sure they help out) and we give them more and more responsibility plus allow them to get hurt (free range).
This sounds normal to a lot of people but in New York it's not that normal. How they will turn out we will see :)
- specialist 8y agoYa, that's one thing I did get right. My son always helped me in the kitchen. At first, it was just help by "washing" the vegetables. What kid doesn't like to play in the water? He'd eat anything he helped prepare, even if he didn't like it much (eg mushrooms). Because he had a relationship with his food. Now he's quite the foodie. Makes serviceable Phad Thai, curries, etc. Another house rule was "One 'No thank you' bite". I didn't make any of the kids choke down foods, like my parents did to us. But they had to try everything at least once. They were often happily surprised.
- ThomPete 8y agoYup, that's the rule here to. Also, my boys get to decide what to eat once a month and help to do it. Ther is just one rule. They can't choose the same which means we got the burgers, lasagne, pasta with butter and parmesan and curry chicken out of the way fast :)