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For me the genius of "green eggs and ham" is that you read it to your kid at about the time they become more picky with their food. So the book is a lesson too.

For me the genius of "green eggs and ham" is that you read it to your kid at about the time they become more picky with their food. So the book is a lesson too. Some days I really want to read this book to my kid: https://www.amazon.com.au/You-Have-F-king-Eat/dp/1501238663 https://www.amazon.com.au/You-Have-F-king-Eat/dp/1501238663

koolba 6y ago
I like this one by the same author: https://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/145584165X https://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/145584165...
- CarbyAu 6y ago
  That one was first and I think the best. Novelty of the thing I guess. I am not as tempted to use that as a lesson, but this morning we had our "creepy stalker child" moment. It's weird. When parents watch kids sleep they think "Aww, aren't they cute..." but when the kids watch the parents sleep it's "...Holy motherfucker!!! ... oh, don't do that to me kiddo."
unityByFreedom 6y ago
Did you offer your kids food with a goat, on a boat?
- CarbyAu 6y ago
  We are not so desperate yet! :-) We wish he would learn the "try it" strategy for food, like the end of the book does. Once he tries it, he stuffs himself! But he seems to have learned the "deny eating strenuously" strategy of the whole story. Maybe we should apply authoritarian censorship and read him only the last few pages...
  - unityByFreedom 6y ago
    Eat the food he won't touch and exaggerate how good it tastes. If he doesn't want it after that, no sweat, otherwise it may become a power contest where he's asserting his independence (as he should be). You can also try giving a choice between "this green thing" or "that green thing".
annoyingnoob 6y ago
We had some luck by serving the food family style and having them serve themselves a bit of everything. Its easier to try when it wasn't forced on you. Also, serving the same thing many times over (not necessarily frequently) helped too - extended exposure. My kids are all picky eaters but they all love broccoli, I'll take that as a win.
whoopdedo 6y ago
That lesson can backfire. When my father decided to treat me to "green eggs and ham" on my birthday thinking I'd be thrilled. But in order to mix in the food coloring he needed to chop the ham into pieces and scramble the eggs. Because it didn't match the image of whole ham and unbroken yolks, I hated it and threw a tantrum. I was quite the problem child. Semi-related, my favorite cheese is Swiss because it has holes in it, and that's how cheese is portrayed in comics.
- CarbyAu 6y ago
  Yeah, I don't plan on using it as a recipe! More a lesson on "See how much time he wasted refusing it when he could have simply tried it to begin with?"

koolba 6y ago

I like this one by the same author: https://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/145584165X https://www.amazon.com/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/145584165...

CarbyAu 6y ago
That one was first and I think the best. Novelty of the thing I guess. I am not as tempted to use that as a lesson, but this morning we had our "creepy stalker child" moment. It's weird. When parents watch kids sleep they think "Aww, aren't they cute..." but when the kids watch the parents sleep it's "...Holy motherfucker!!! ... oh, don't do that to me kiddo."

unityByFreedom 6y ago

Did you offer your kids food with a goat, on a boat?

CarbyAu 6y ago
We are not so desperate yet! :-) We wish he would learn the "try it" strategy for food, like the end of the book does. Once he tries it, he stuffs himself! But he seems to have learned the "deny eating strenuously" strategy of the whole story. Maybe we should apply authoritarian censorship and read him only the last few pages...
- unityByFreedom 6y ago
  Eat the food he won't touch and exaggerate how good it tastes. If he doesn't want it after that, no sweat, otherwise it may become a power contest where he's asserting his independence (as he should be). You can also try giving a choice between "this green thing" or "that green thing".

annoyingnoob 6y ago

We had some luck by serving the food family style and having them serve themselves a bit of everything. Its easier to try when it wasn't forced on you. Also, serving the same thing many times over (not necessarily frequently) helped too - extended exposure. My kids are all picky eaters but they all love broccoli, I'll take that as a win.

whoopdedo 6y ago

That lesson can backfire. When my father decided to treat me to "green eggs and ham" on my birthday thinking I'd be thrilled. But in order to mix in the food coloring he needed to chop the ham into pieces and scramble the eggs. Because it didn't match the image of whole ham and unbroken yolks, I hated it and threw a tantrum. I was quite the problem child. Semi-related, my favorite cheese is Swiss because it has holes in it, and that's how cheese is portrayed in comics.

CarbyAu 6y ago
Yeah, I don't plan on using it as a recipe! More a lesson on "See how much time he wasted refusing it when he could have simply tried it to begin with?"