Mine are well into their teens. I don't know exactly where we fit according to the article's scheme of things.
We've never negotiated on established rules. Nor have we had any real food wars. Don't want peas? Fine. No seconds of anything else and no snacks until next meal. Fairly simple especially if you allow them to substitute a similarly healthy vegetable if there's one available. Couldn't make them sleep, but I could make them stay quietly in bed in the dark.
But we’ve also always given them more freedom earlier than their peers---including the freedom to fall flat on their faces, literally and figuratively. Failure is a good teacher. Trying and succeeding, is the best confidence builder especially if it takes a few tries.
We've never negotiated on established rules. Nor have we had any real food wars. Don't want peas? Fine. No seconds of anything else and no snacks until next meal. Fairly simple especially if you allow them to substitute a similarly healthy vegetable if there's one available. Couldn't make them sleep, but I could make them stay quietly in bed in the dark.
But we’ve also always given them more freedom earlier than their peers---including the freedom to fall flat on their faces, literally and figuratively. Failure is a good teacher. Trying and succeeding, is the best confidence builder especially if it takes a few tries.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
