Kids amaze me. I wish I could get into their little brain computer and print out a detailed log of processes!
I made cheeseburgers and steamed broccoli for dinner yesterday and my kids were excited about it. They happily ate their dinner without me ever having to ask them to eat some more. We had pleasant conversation at the table, you know, how one expects dinnertime to be. Even more surprising is the fact that I haven't made cheeseburgers in months, so this is a relatively new food for my kids, who like all children frown at all new food!
For as long as I know I have made Indian food for dinner so logically one would expect that, Indian food is what my kids like and would eat regularly! After all that is what they see on their plates every single day. And yet my kids usually come to dinner with long faces when they see Indian food on the table. They are both under 7, mind you, and not yet at an age where they are hanging out at friends' and seeing what they eat. Then I make cheeseburgers and they are excited about dinner.
Somebody please give me a manual. This is beyond me!!!
Raising kids in a non-native environment while constantly worrying about striking the right balance.
1 comment:
I think burgers must get a lot of good press. Our exchange student from Germany always seemed like she would have prefered burgers to my family's usual international-healthy cuisine style of cooking.
-Valerie
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