tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577874899733707685.post8661568643397136556..comments2023-10-29T10:23:49.164-04:00Comments on Post-Industrial Parenthood: Veggie DelightJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13911644689635534904noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577874899733707685.post-7077144227385713962010-11-24T23:48:13.681-05:002010-11-24T23:48:13.681-05:00Wocket: Link all you like.
And like you, we'v...Wocket: Link all you like.<br /><br />And like you, we've had success with encouraging the kids to pretend to be animals. The playfulness of being a cat or a dog or a woodchuck makes a game out of eating veggies, brushing teeth, putting on clothes, or just staying out from under my feet while I'm cooking.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911644689635534904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577874899733707685.post-71898271494510544622010-11-22T03:25:43.434-05:002010-11-22T03:25:43.434-05:00hope you don't mind a direct link from my blog...hope you don't mind a direct link from my blog?<br /><br />http://thewocket.blogspot.com/Wockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434692347924718517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577874899733707685.post-25701764872792567502010-11-22T03:10:32.089-05:002010-11-22T03:10:32.089-05:00My little one is constantly cohered into eating ve...My little one is constantly cohered into eating vegetables without the overt "just one spoonful" tactic. Veges are a constant part of our diet and I can't cook without them. Sometimes they are hidden ingredients such as in "green" beef & mushroom soup, (the trick is to add a can of 4 bean mix, a little cream, lots of green things and some beef, then blend) or sweet potato chips with chickpea (and parsley and garlic) dip.<br /><br />Sometimes it's more overt such as a huge plate of nibbly things, cut up uncooked veg, fruit and cold meats, that are eaten on the front lawn.<br /><br />I admit that being only 2 there is still a lot of aversion therapy yet to be required, but on the occasion that she simply won't try something we choose an animal that she likes and say that the animal loves that sort of food. She is adoring being a pussy cat eating her lettuce or a doggy with a cucumber. Peer pressure from people other than us, even if she's only taking our word for it.<br /><br />:)Wockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03434692347924718517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577874899733707685.post-74343076086725694472010-10-22T00:20:02.785-04:002010-10-22T00:20:02.785-04:00Hello rtb - Thanks for coming over to take a look ...Hello rtb - Thanks for coming over to take a look at what else I'm writing. I really appreciate getting the perspective of someone with older kids like yourself who has worked through many of the issues which I am encountering for the first time. <br /><br />As for the question of teaching at home vs at school, I have two follow up thoughts. <br /><br />First, there is a question of quality and efficiency at work. I feel like this is less critical at a preschool level where my kids are looking mostly to learn something interesting. An ability to tack towards whatever things happen to draw their interest at this stage feels like a benefit of homeschooling to me. As they get older, I can see how the more structured education and specialized teaching that comes with formal schooling may be more beneficial for them. <br /><br />Second, your point about the specialized setting of the school is well taken. I agree that entering school means entering a completely different world, one that defines a whole new set of relationships for both children and their parents. I plan to take another crack at the question of preschool soon, and the idea of 'school' as something larger than just the moments of formal education is something I need to integrate more fully into my thinking. Thanks for pointing this out.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911644689635534904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-577874899733707685.post-21526536949911910022010-10-16T01:01:17.913-04:002010-10-16T01:01:17.913-04:00Hi Jeff - My 12 year old isn't huge into veggi...Hi Jeff - My 12 year old isn't huge into veggies either. Never has been. On the other hand my 15 year old plows through her veggies. My personal experience with veggies was largely the same as yours. The old saw "the more things change the more they stay the same" so applies here. I'm surprised how much eating habits don't change over time. I’ve tended to follow Brazelton, who points out that children won’t starve themselves. Let me add, exercise habits do change - which I think is the hidden reason for weight issues today. We eat as much as ever then sit on our butts and post comments on blogs. Will those of us guilty of this please stand up -- and don't drop your laptop!! <br /><br />I think I'm the one who commented that parents can't teach their own kids as well as a professional teacher. If I may make a few comments to expand what I said. My comments cover schooling in general, and not pre-school specifically. I still think that pre-school is nice, but not necessary. I’d like to point out how easy it would be to talk/write cross purposes. The existence of homeschooling proves that parents are capable of teaching their children academic subjects. I just wonder if it is optimal. I tend to think it is better for parents to do their best to inspire their children. Then manage their education, rather then do it themselves. Math teachers are best for teaching long division, and orders of operations. I send my children to a small private school. I make very clear that they are hired guns. As long as I have faith that my children are getting the best education I can arrange I’m happy to pay the tuition and then show up at 7am on a snowy Sunday to help shovel the school out for Monday. If that changes, I’m gone. In the end I’m responsible for my children’s education, but I don’t do it myself.<br /><br />You draw a stranger/family dynamic separately from a class/one on one dynamic, which I don't think is valid. You restrict family to the nuclear family (you only mention yourself in terms of family), which I think is too narrow, and you place teachers as strangers, which is too broad a category. Children encounter teachers in a formalized specialized setting. A school. This specifically makes them neither family nor strangers. This is the first lesson of school. A whole new set of relationships: peers, authority figures, real strangers, etc. I don't think the two can really be separated.<br /><br />I'll also add, all theory aside, in my experience a good teacher succeeds in teaching many things better then I could. The often know the subjects better, and they can see my child as themselves, not through the lenses of my emotional attachments. When my kids were in pre-school the teachers provided feedback and advise that was of a huge help to me. I had to eat crow a few times, but a little crow is good for the soul.<br /><br />Thanks for your site and your posts. Parenting is a long tough job, and it is so good to see people thinking, and thinking hard, about what they are doing.rtb.inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06991129961063752156noreply@blogger.com