Clearly OT (but what the hell...) (was: food

I got in the habit of taking my boys to a cafeteria for the occasional meal when they were with me. The purpose was to get them to try things, which I'd let them pick, but they had to ead a couple of bites and then decide for themselves whether they wanted it or not. I told them they could decide for themselves whether they liked a given item, but they did have to decide on the basis of having tasted it, not just on the basis of what someone else had told them. It wasn't unusual to see them reject some veggie or fish, but it also wasn't unusual to see them reject something and then come back to it later and give it another try. I don't remember ever seeing them reject something and later go back for another helping, though, so it did take a little time. This was all training to permit them to acquire their own taste rather than simply reflecting what was currently popular, as may youngsters do. Though they both like Mexican food, which is popular here in Denver, neither of them willingly eats at Taco Bell. I find that to be clear evidence of a relative success of my efforts to make them form their own opinions. There's no accounting for taste, but it's important that it be one's own taste that's being used as the yardstick. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande(a)internet1.net> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:27 PM Subject: Re: Clearly OT (but what the hell...) (was: food they