Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] ? ? re: limiting food choices and tv Was:Meet A ...
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In a message dated 6/4/2004 3:51:02 AM Central Standard Time,
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to read the word peanut, but wont eat anything unless they have cleared it
with me. They understand the impact to their health. We keep all nuts out of
the house and inspect everything we eat elsewhere. To me, that's no more
restricting than putting yourself between your child and a car headed right towards
him or her. I don't think life threatening allergies are really part of a
discussion about limiting food choices.
We also have food allergies that are not severe. Highly processed corn (corn
syrup, corn starch) give my kids eczema. It might be the chemicals they use.
They understand what happens to them, but will choose a little itching over
a lollipop most times. They will also get tired of the lollipop after a while
and stop licking it.
We also have reactions to food coloring (and sometimes flavoring), it makes
the kids feel yucky, on-edge. It gives my husband a headache. We offer them
choices in the home that wont make them feel this way. Any place outside the
house, they make their own choices. They know how something makes them feel,
for the most part. They wont drink fruit punch, for instance because of how it
makes them feel. (and the resulting eczema most of the time.) Most
unfamiliar foods they stay away from because of the allergies.
We strive to make none of our food making decisions judgemental. The baggage
of our own childhoods can make this difficult at times. It can be a struggle
to think of food as just food and not "good" food or "bad" food. We let them
make their choices for all meals. My daughter mostly eats apples with
soybean butter and my son eats pepperoni, hot dogs, toast and fruit of all sorts.
They are happy and healthy.
Hope this helps. For what it's worth, the baby seems to react to a lot of
foods I eat, so he may have some of the same allergies as my other two.
Elizabeth, back to lurking
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salten@... writes:
> But for a more concrete example, what if the child has aWe have a severe food allergy - peanuts. My five and four year old know how
> severe food allergy? Clearly in this case the parents DO need to limit
> the child's food choices
to read the word peanut, but wont eat anything unless they have cleared it
with me. They understand the impact to their health. We keep all nuts out of
the house and inspect everything we eat elsewhere. To me, that's no more
restricting than putting yourself between your child and a car headed right towards
him or her. I don't think life threatening allergies are really part of a
discussion about limiting food choices.
We also have food allergies that are not severe. Highly processed corn (corn
syrup, corn starch) give my kids eczema. It might be the chemicals they use.
They understand what happens to them, but will choose a little itching over
a lollipop most times. They will also get tired of the lollipop after a while
and stop licking it.
We also have reactions to food coloring (and sometimes flavoring), it makes
the kids feel yucky, on-edge. It gives my husband a headache. We offer them
choices in the home that wont make them feel this way. Any place outside the
house, they make their own choices. They know how something makes them feel,
for the most part. They wont drink fruit punch, for instance because of how it
makes them feel. (and the resulting eczema most of the time.) Most
unfamiliar foods they stay away from because of the allergies.
We strive to make none of our food making decisions judgemental. The baggage
of our own childhoods can make this difficult at times. It can be a struggle
to think of food as just food and not "good" food or "bad" food. We let them
make their choices for all meals. My daughter mostly eats apples with
soybean butter and my son eats pepperoni, hot dogs, toast and fruit of all sorts.
They are happy and healthy.
Hope this helps. For what it's worth, the baby seems to react to a lot of
foods I eat, so he may have some of the same allergies as my other two.
Elizabeth, back to lurking
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