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Originally Posted by paisjpq
I agree with absolutely everything you said Nicole...but this made me laugh...when I was little I lost my "reading lamp" and had to leave the door to my bedroom open at night so I couldn't read all night  because Bedtime was bedtime.. I can remember my mother talking to the other mothers and their disbelief that she actually punished me for reading  |
That's hilarious-- I have many memories of reading in the dark, too!
Here's a question, regarding food (I'm with you, Danzig, on not force-feeding- I think it screws up eating habits more than it teaches discipline)- though I agree about not catering to a kids' craving for pizza and cheeseburgers every night, what if a kid wants to be vegetarian?
Mulling it over, I think I would accomodate that- if it put a lot of strain on dinner schedules (having to make two things), I'd probably require the kid to assist with making dinner, and also require no preaching to siblings who might choose differently, but since vegetarianism is usually based in a health or moral line of thought, not a rebel-against-the-parents, I think that one I'd be willing to work with.
Easy to say, having been a strict vegetarian for several years (and even now, only an occasional meat eater, like when I'm in Argentina.
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