Re: [AlwaysLearning] Digest Number 1691
Betsy Hill
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No one is acting as though there is no difference. The fruits and
vegetables have other elements and compounds and fiber and vitamins.
We're talking about doing and living and not acting. I'm not being
facetious. I'm talking about a way of BEING and living, not a way of posturing.
To villify a food (or a tv show or a style of music) isn't as rational as
showing comparisons. Something can be worse than another thing in one way or
another without being evil/bad/satanic/deadly. **
Adding to what you said, I would say that *black and white* thinking (about food or anything else) is too simplistic and too inaccurate to contribute positively to a child's intellectual development.
Sometimes some parents can fall into a pattern of black and white thinking where things are either all good or all bad (or educational vs. pleasureable) (EEP!) Yes, our kids may need some explanations kept simple, when they are little, but oversimplifying or slanting our message does not facilitate learning and understanding.
And when we make statements here that are too simple, it's quite valuable to have people add the relevant qualifiers and quirky details that help fill out the whole picture.
Betsy
No one is acting as though there is no difference. The fruits and
vegetables have other elements and compounds and fiber and vitamins.
We're talking about doing and living and not acting. I'm not being
facetious. I'm talking about a way of BEING and living, not a way of posturing.
To villify a food (or a tv show or a style of music) isn't as rational as
showing comparisons. Something can be worse than another thing in one way or
another without being evil/bad/satanic/deadly. **
Adding to what you said, I would say that *black and white* thinking (about food or anything else) is too simplistic and too inaccurate to contribute positively to a child's intellectual development.
Sometimes some parents can fall into a pattern of black and white thinking where things are either all good or all bad (or educational vs. pleasureable) (EEP!) Yes, our kids may need some explanations kept simple, when they are little, but oversimplifying or slanting our message does not facilitate learning and understanding.
And when we make statements here that are too simple, it's quite valuable to have people add the relevant qualifiers and quirky details that help fill out the whole picture.
Betsy