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Actually the lunch is quite healthy. He had protein (the peanut butter was organic whole peanut butter), a vegetable and a handful of fruit with water to drink. I never said i'm here to fatten him up, but I allow him cheese (and peanut butter from the picture) since it DOES have good fats in it. Please reread what i posted. Again with the assumptions.
I have nothing against you, I am not attempting to judge you, but you are sadly misinformed about what is healthy (unfortunately, many people in this country are because our government allows deceptive marketing practices). Please google the nutritional info on celery. It barely fulfills any fiber requirements let alone any vitamin/mineral requirements. Peanut butter, even organic, is loaded with sugar. And just because something is "organic" does not make it healthy. Grapes are just...again...sugar.
I am not judging you because this was one sample of what I assume is a whole diet of many varied things including other veggies and protein sources (like you said). I am sure many of your kid's meals are complete and truly healthy.
I just think if you were trying to make a point, you picked the wrong example.
I have nothing against you, I am not attempting to judge you, but you are sadly misinformed about what is healthy (unfortunately, many people in this country are because our government allows deceptive marketing practices). Please google the nutritional info on celery. It barely fulfills any fiber requirements let alone any vitamin/mineral requirements. Peanut butter, even organic, is loaded with sugar. And just because something is "organic" does not make it healthy. Grapes are just...again...sugar.
I am not judging you because this was one sample of what I assume is a whole diet of many varied things including other veggies and protein sources (like you said). I am sure many of your kid's meals are complete and truly healthy.
I just think if you were trying to make a point, you picked the wrong example.
I am going to do something completely different than google for health information. I am going feed my family healthy enough and not die with worry over a piece of celery. I am good with that.
Actually I do know about what is developmentally appropriate since I have studied Early Childhood Education and am at student teaching level.
I'm not quite sure your intention for starting this thread, I strongly suspect it's just to tell us all we're obviously doing it wrong. Since all children are different, no one size fits all. Giving a toddler choices is a big way to avoid tantrums. Not unlimited choices, not "what do you want to do today?", but "Should we go to the park or the trail?"
I wish you well in your teaching career, and have no doubt your preconceived ideas on child development and behaviors will be put to the test. The best thing to do is revisit your child development material, and keep an open mind.
My wife would put 4 bands of breakfast cereal on the table and ask the kids - which one do you want? The kids would hum and haw and insist on one then change their minds and want the other and so on...the choice giving- wasted about 10 minutes of time and was irritating to hear. I suggested - "Don't give them a choice...they are infants and they do not know what they want...serve them up their breakfast with out a choice and just get them to eat and get it over with" Giving infants the freedom of choice is stupid - because they really do not know what they want...Once they know what they want - then let them choose.
I have nothing against you, I am not attempting to judge you, but you are sadly misinformed about what is healthy (unfortunately, many people in this country are because our government allows deceptive marketing practices). Please google the nutritional info on celery. It barely fulfills any fiber requirements let alone any vitamin/mineral requirements. Peanut butter, even organic, is loaded with sugar. And just because something is "organic" does not make it healthy. Grapes are just...again...sugar.
I am not judging you because this was one sample of what I assume is a whole diet of many varied things including other veggies and protein sources (like you said). I am sure many of your kid's meals are complete and truly healthy.
I just think if you were trying to make a point, you picked the wrong example.
You may want to broaden your food selection then. We use this. No added sugar.
If you truly do have a degree, which I'm starting to doubt, then you would not have posted this in the first place. Did you forget to go to child developmental psy classes or did you flunk those? If you want to really think about it. Brush up on your anthropology as well.
A toddler has to wear a coat. You do not say "put this coat on" you say "do you want to wear this blue coat or this green coat". Not only does the adult provide the direction they need, they help develop the child's decision making skills and starts the independence training.
So, what do you guys feed your kids then? How old are they?
This must be the only place on the planet where a parent gets lectured for giving celery, grapes, and peanut butter to a kid for a snack. Am I in the twilight zone?
I think that limited choices (e.g. do you want muffin A or B, not pick one of the 10 muffins) is good for children, because they feel like their decision is valued and important (and let's face it, they have a lot of rules/ restrictions forced on them, for good reason).
Also, making decisions is a skill set that not adults have, and I think you can foster and learn about decision making.
I agree with this - the operative word being "limited."
I've seen too many kids melt down in restaurants and other places when presented with too many options.
Yes, because the occassional popsicle is going to hurt him. How do you know we use commercial yogurt? We dont. We use organic/plain greek yogurt, which, by the way, does not have sugar additives. Again, you do not know how often he eats, you're making general assumptions. He eats breakfast (usually an egg at his request), a small snack, lunch, small snack, then what i make for dinner. Hardly over eating.
Actually the lunch is quite healthy. He had protein (the peanut butter was organic whole peanut butter), a vegetable and a handful of fruit with water to drink. I never said i'm here to fatten him up, but I allow him cheese (and peanut butter from the picture) since it DOES have good fats in it. Please reread what i posted. Again with the assumptions.
At least what i'm giving him is far better than most americans give their children. We dont keep processed "cheap" food in the house. He gets fresh fruit and veggies the entire day, and he quite enjoys eggs. If i give him the occassional yogurt popsicle (usually like 2x a week), my child is not going to be some hyped up sugar crazed kid, so really, enough with the judgement.
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Originally Posted by Zimbochick
I'm not quite sure your intention for starting this thread, I strongly suspect it's just to tell us all we're obviously doing it wrong. Since all children are different, no one size fits all. Giving a toddler choices is a big way to avoid tantrums. Not unlimited choices, not "what do you want to do today?", but "Should we go to the park or the trail?"
I wish you well in your teaching career, and have no doubt your preconceived ideas on child development and behaviors will be put to the test. The best thing to do is revisit your child development material, and keep an open mind.
I am talking about an open-ended question and NOT two of YOUR choices. I am talking about "Do you want to go now?" Oh hell to the no!
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How do you know we use commercial yogurt? We dont. We use organic/plain greek yogurt, which, by the way, does not have sugar additives. Again, you do not know how often he eats, you're making general assumptions. He eats breakfast (usually an egg at his request), a small snack, lunch, small snack, then what i make for dinner. Hardly over eating.
