tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post116249918201915920..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: Sensibly Fussy, the Home Ed WayCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1162632345839821382006-11-04T09:25:00.000+00:002006-11-04T09:25:00.000+00:00It is a significant factor that good food is too e...It is a significant factor that good food is too expensive for many. Quite a lot of families couldn't even afford to risk trying a pomegranate/passion fruit or even peaches (in case were wasted) let alone buy them selves adequate quantities of fruit and veg!<BR/><BR/>If the government really wanted to help they could subsidise these foodstuffs - items that are due to be even more expensive because of the bad summer - and make it not only a healthy option but an economically sensible one for the supermarket trolley. <BR/><BR/>D xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1162585516098858952006-11-03T20:25:00.000+00:002006-11-03T20:25:00.000+00:00I think the issue with bad food habits are mostly:...I think the issue with bad food habits are mostly:<BR/><BR/>1. Good food is very very expensive in the UK.<BR/><BR/>2. Cooking traditions are in decay. <BR/><BR/>3. Candy and other so called junk food is associated with parties, rewards and approval from adults. Kids will want more of that and less of the "nagging" food.<BR/><BR/>4. The birch is out of fashion, but parents don't know how to share their best theories with their children. There is not much knowledge around in how to do this. Most of the time they are sharing their worst and they don't even know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1162584623069889832006-11-03T20:10:00.000+00:002006-11-03T20:10:00.000+00:00I agree it is clearly a hugely difficult problem t...I agree it is clearly a hugely difficult problem to solve. I personally would hate to have to pack a lunch for Ds and Dd every day, since they don't really like packed lunch type foods much. By the time you've left a ham sandwich squashed in tin foil for a bit, and a fruit salad wallowing about in a tupperware, it just doesn't have the same appeal somehow. I suppose since good fresh food has a tendency to go off quickly, I guess it is quite tempting to pack the processed pap since it probably won't deteriorate so quickly.<BR/><BR/>I vividly remember having to eat school food that made me want to vomit more or less every meal time, (bar the days they served cheese pie). <BR/><BR/>Just not an easy problem to solve in school, I think.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1162570349076088222006-11-03T16:12:00.000+00:002006-11-03T16:12:00.000+00:00hmm, this is so difficult. I'm often astounded by ...hmm, this is so difficult. I'm often astounded by the very limited choice of foods that children are offered by parents who then expect schools to offer same. <BR/><BR/>In some parts of Uk 1/3 children are obese. I'm struggling here but if you saw the qulaity of food offered by schools and sent in packed lunches by parents, well it's no choice at all, just processed pap, really<BR/><BR/>ooops ranting a bit but I have to say I'm with jamie for the most part. <BR/><BR/>apart from he doesn't seem to understand that his experience of growing up in his parent's gatropub and learning his trade in the kitchens from a young age is so untypical (although a good h.e. experience!) comapred with many people's can't cook won't cook experience. My mum and her sisters in particular seem to associate eating well/cooking with oppression and gave it up for good!<BR/><BR/>sarah fAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1162559306172459602006-11-03T13:08:00.000+00:002006-11-03T13:08:00.000+00:00Oh bother...lol...wish you would! re: Clare's last...Oh bother...lol...wish you would! <BR/><BR/>re: Clare's last post re bfing...at hers...I think you are probably almost inevitably right re the increased level of contact with bfing. My only outstanding fear is that if one did what I did at the beginning, which was to believe that a baby should be trained to wait four hours before the next feed, it may actually have been slightly better to have bottle fed, given the theory that bottled milk sits in the tummy much longer so that at least the poor infant isn't starving and crying out for attention all that time.<BR/><BR/>These are odd and exceptional circumstances, I know. Just ones that happened to apply to me!<BR/><BR/>So sorry we didn't make it today. Dd now completely fine, though bicep HUGE!Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1162552654956523992006-11-03T11:17:00.000+00:002006-11-03T11:17:00.000+00:00Actually, I think there's some research somewhere ...Actually, I think there's some research somewhere that suggests exactly what you say. It's a protective thing that once children reach an age where they are more likely to be coming across foods when they are not with their parents (ie. late toddler-hood), they instinctively avoid all foods that they are not familiar with. Some are happy to eat foods that their parents are eating, but most become what we modern parents describe as 'fussy' until they are old enough and experienced enough to be able to evaluate the safety of new foods. It is a protective instinct and a very sensible one when you view it in that light!<BR/><BR/>Cx <BR/><BR/>ps. Didn't want to reply to comments on my blog post as didn't want to start a debate! But what I was trying to say in my post was that even babies that are 'unattached' will automatically get more of the human contact they crave and need if they are bfed than if they are artificially fed - I see I didn't make that clear enough in my OP now, but can't be bothered to risk a row by reiterating it on my site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1162543867310660622006-11-03T08:51:00.000+00:002006-11-03T08:51:00.000+00:00This is exactly my experience when Ds was young......This is exactly my experience when Ds was young...he would eat more or less anything I provided for him, bar minced brocoli. But come about aged 6, I think, he suddenly became very, very particular and would only eat foods with which he was very familiar. <BR/><BR/>I can't help suspecting that there is some sort of genetic basis for this, given that so many children, (myself previously included), who seem to go through this patch.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1162542897485051182006-11-03T08:34:00.000+00:002006-11-03T08:34:00.000+00:00I don't like the 'healthy eating' message at all -...I don't like the 'healthy eating' message at all - it just really grates with me that they can put programmes on tv with silly children's characters singing about how wonderful it is to eat healthily and to get lots of exercise - if you just left children to it they'd do all that of their own accord! As if a cuddly bear on tv saying 'healthy food is nice' is going to convince a child that it likes healthy food! Why label food as such anyway - if you're children are at home with you, you can stock whatever you want in the house and let them take their pick. My own children will choose a carrot stick as soon as they would choose a chocolate biscuit because they like them both the same and no one has ever made a distinction between the two- it's just not an issue for them!<BR/><BR/>CxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com