On Apr 27, 2008, at 4:09 am, Tom Bri wrote:
> Thanks for the link. That was funny. My kids get plenty of full-fat  
> foods
> from me, and plenty of veggies from Mom, so I suppose they are doing  
> OK.

Not according to the wisdom of BBC Health News ;)


> My kids take their lunches from home, and
> their friends are always begging them for their veggies. Imagine kids
> begging to be allowed to eat celery!

The whole children/vegetable thing is crazy.  Most kids love most  
veg.  If you don't force them to eat the ones they don't like at 6  
months old, and don't do stupid things like hide over-boiled sprouts  
in the middle of mashed potato to trick them into eating them, then  
there shouldn't really be a problem.

When I was about 5, I used to love salads.  I think I had one every  
day at school.  Then some interfering teacher had a go at me and tried  
to get me eating beans on toast instead.  Think she may have told my  
mum too...

I think it's a bit sad that the so called "most advanced species on  
the planet" almost completely lost the ability to feed its own  
offspring properly.  That's still important, right?