Green Power!

[Old Monkey]

Those of you that have kids know the never ending struggle to get kids to eat their veggies and new types of food. I stumbled upon a fun trick the other day. Haley is five and the kids in her class talk about having this or that super power. When I was at the dinner table I reached out and grabbed some spinach and "I am going to get some special green power" ate it and acted like I had super powers. Now we get orange power, red power and other sorts of powers at the dinner table. My wife looks at Haley and says "Oh I can see the green power in your eyes."


Today I discovered another fun trick. Haley had left a number of items on the floor. I told her that I was Godzilla and her brushes and toys on the ground were poor helpless villagers that Godzilla wanted to crush.

"No one can save the poor villagers from Godzilla's wrath!"

Suddenly, a hero appeared and saved all of the villagers in every room of the house. The villagers all had to go back were they belonged for fear of Godzilla's radioactive breath.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Thats cool Darin... Cute

 

[Paul B]

Currently Tornado takes turns going from the cabinet with the glass panels he isnt supposed to touch over to the plants that he isnt supposed to touch to the vertical blinds he isnt supposed to touch. He goes to the item, puts his hand on it then turns his head to see if we are looking and waits to get chastised.

Go Haley!

 

[NeTree]

LMAO... cute!

 

[Dave Shepard]

Alas, those super powers always go the way of the easter bunny, santa claus, and honest politicians.

 

[Stumper]

So Darin, what you are really telling us is that you are a deceptive monster of a father?

 

[Blinky]

[...]


Today I discovered another fun trick. Haley had left a number of items on the floor. I told her that I was Godzilla and her brushes and toys on the ground were poor helpless villagers that Godzilla wanted to crush.

"No one can save the poor villagers from Godzilla's wrath!"

Suddenly, a hero appeared and saved all of the villagers in every room of the house. The villagers all had to go back were they belonged for fear of Godzilla's radioactive breath.

Wish I'd thought of that. :what:

 

[Newfie]

We never had issues with our children eating fruits and vegetables, or anyhting else for that matter.

Anyone else have a 9 year old that will slurp down raw clams or oysters on the half-shell? All the more power to his trying things but damn it hits the wallet hard!

 

[Old Monkey]

A nine year old you say? Wow, that's an adventurous kid.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Found out my 3 year old loves trout the other night.. I was sincerely astonished and loving it

 

[Blinky]

Yep, I tried oysters on mine and they wouldn't go for it... more for me! Mine eat pretty well but they go overboard on the soda... they have bad role models. I bagged soda about a month ago, I don't miss it. But her floor? You can find anything in there if you excavate long enough.

 

[Old Monkey]

I am off of sodas too.

Haley is five, wants what she wants and is pretty blunt about it. We were going out to eat the other day and she just starts telling us where she wants to eat without listening to anyone else's needs or wants. I have been trying to teach her what persuasion is and how to use it. I told her that she needs to explain why the restaurant of her choice would be good for us. She looked at my wife who was getting irritated with her behavior and says, "Mazzah's has really good chicken, not a lot of people and its so peaceful." The peaceful aspect sold the idea. I hope she keeps working on the persuasion aspect because it is a gateway to empathy.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Very Cute... Darin .. love the peaceful bit... HAHA
We don't do soda here for the most part and they would just as soon have juice, milk or water as a drink (we treat milk and juice like treats ) and fruit or veggie for snacks

 

[PCTREE]

If I want Woody (my 3 year old) to eat something I just ask him if I can have it, he eats it pretty quick then, or sneaks it to Rufus....

We go to the Thai joint and get Panang Curry, Thai Hot and he loves it, will eat a whole plate. The resturant owners cannt believe it, they know him by name now!!

 

[Blinky]

That's impressive! ... the little hothead.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Wow.... I hope Levi and Lilly like Thai... Too late for Seth... heck everything is too spicy if he so deems it... LOL

 

[Old Monkey]

If Haley could eat spicy food, I'd have some questions for her mom. My wife and I are both wimps when it comes to spicy food.

 

[NickfromWI]

Darin- AWESOME IDEA!!!!

I can't wait until it's my turn to get to play with the kids and trick them into eating their veggies!!!

love
nick

 

[MasterBlaster]

That reminds me of a story.

Once, I was working on a farm and an old man came out to feed his hounds. I noticed he was feeding them mustard greens that his wife had just cooked. Tha hounds gobbled it up, and I was amazed.
I exclaimed to the old man "I've never seen dogs eat mustard greens before!"
The old man answered "They didn't, for the first thirty days."





Frig all that kid psycology. Eat the veggies, or go hungry. PERIOD.

 

[Newfie]

Frig all that kid psycology. Eat the veggies, or go hungry. PERIOD.

That has been our philosophy and it has worked great so far. The boys aren't starving and we don't have to negotiate either. Kids take their food cues from their parents directly and indirectly.

 

[Blinky]

That has been our philosophy and it has worked great so far. The boys aren't starving and we don't have to negotiate either. Kids take their food cues from their parents directly and indirectly.

Same here, we don't negotiate, either they eat or they don't. I do give them choices on what we're having though.

 

[Al Smith]

Old my dear old dad thought he was Yul Gibbons or something .Every spring he got the bright idea to raid the lawn and collect all kinds of greens .Like dandelion ,dock and other obnoxious foul tasting stuff .

Try as they might ,both he and my mother didn't have much success at getting us wee ones to eat it .

Hell I grew up eating garden veggies and venison ,didn't hurt me a bit but that chit from the yard is another story ,yuck .

 

[Newfie]

If Haley could eat spicy food, I'd have some questions for her mom. My wife and I are both wimps when it comes to spicy food.

Or a conversation with the Hispanic mailman? I have to fight my boys for the last buffalo wing at my house.

 

[Stumper]

Um... genetically speaking I would have to say that the hispanic mailman would be a non-possibility as a Haley father.

 

[NickfromWI]

...Frig all that kid psycology. Eat the veggies, or go hungry. PERIOD.

No way- not these days. By the time kids are in 5th grade, it's too easy for them to live off junk food they get from vending machines, fast food, and convenience stores.

I think it's up to the parents to somehow teach a little bit to the kids about the tradeoff.

love
nick