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<p>I see myself as an open-minded peaceful parent who prefers to talk rather than use discipline. I would probably consider myself a permissive parent: I allow my kids to watch tv and play computer games when they like, for the most part, after dinner it is my husband's turn to watch tv, and we try to be in bed by eight pm. my kids attend a school that practices progressive education, so they have no homework and their school work is mostly self directed.<br><br>
that said, every night when i make dinner, for myself, my husband, my parents, and my three children, the oldest and the middle, to a lesser degree, balk at dinner and I don't make them anything else to eat no matter how they gripe. later on when they are hungry before bed, they end up eating a fruit, and sometimes they eat cereal.<br><br>
so i don't keep food away from them, but i tell them that fruit and cereal are poor dinners. my husband tells me that i need to cater to them, for their own health, so that they will eat right.<br><br>
i don't stop my husband from buying cereal. i have tried in the past but he says he wants to get it anyway. i am worried about their health too, but am i wrong to think that if i just keep serving them and eating it in front of them that they will eventually just see that it is good, delicious food? they are 8 and 4 and 1. the 1yo eats most everything, as the boys both did when they were young as well. since i am making meals for seven humans, i feel that it is reasonable to make one dinner that we all eat. it is good food and nutritious and tasty.</p>
that said, every night when i make dinner, for myself, my husband, my parents, and my three children, the oldest and the middle, to a lesser degree, balk at dinner and I don't make them anything else to eat no matter how they gripe. later on when they are hungry before bed, they end up eating a fruit, and sometimes they eat cereal.<br><br>
so i don't keep food away from them, but i tell them that fruit and cereal are poor dinners. my husband tells me that i need to cater to them, for their own health, so that they will eat right.<br><br>
i don't stop my husband from buying cereal. i have tried in the past but he says he wants to get it anyway. i am worried about their health too, but am i wrong to think that if i just keep serving them and eating it in front of them that they will eventually just see that it is good, delicious food? they are 8 and 4 and 1. the 1yo eats most everything, as the boys both did when they were young as well. since i am making meals for seven humans, i feel that it is reasonable to make one dinner that we all eat. it is good food and nutritious and tasty.</p>