tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post6141421457463680650..comments2024-02-13T05:20:46.558-05:00Comments on A CUP OF JO: Motherhood Mondays: French Kids Eat EverythingJoanna Goddardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18109285188206811042noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-26111226503547240382015-04-29T16:53:17.240-04:002015-04-29T16:53:17.240-04:00this is the way we always ate (I grew up in the 50...this is the way we always ate (I grew up in the 50's an 60's in Virginia). We always ate what the grown ups ate, didn't have snacks, had to try everything, always sat at the table. It's not new - we just need to get back to the what we used to do.saved by gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863810182689067497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-88117293398400030312015-04-29T16:49:31.544-04:002015-04-29T16:49:31.544-04:00I was born in the 50's - that's exactly ho...I was born in the 50's - that's exactly how we ate growing up. No snacks, we ate what adults ate, we sat at dinner together - always, and we had to try everything. It's not new - it's old, we just need to get back there.saved by gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863810182689067497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-91305157653228397882014-12-30T11:16:23.928-05:002014-12-30T11:16:23.928-05:00Hi, I'm french and I agree with all who are sa...Hi, I'm french and I agree with all who are saying here ... I always ate my three meals at the table with my parents and all the rules listed here are correct, except that I think it n is not only French . I think all European do the same with a different cuisine . The pleasure of sitting down to eat , chat and take stock of the day , set the table , cook in the company of others, it is European , not French . I love your blog. Hi.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248760996127905757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-50186163901333570122014-11-27T12:32:04.507-05:002014-11-27T12:32:04.507-05:00I kind of think this is more of a generational thi...I kind of think this is more of a generational thing, than it being French. I'm American and my husband is French ( and we live in rural France) and we were both raised with these eating habits. Maybe not as much in the US, but our French friends are guilty of letting their kids snack or using food as a type of reward. I even was at lunch with a couple who had a 2 year old, and they let him choose his meal at the restaurant, and of course he changed his mind after it came, and the parents ordered ANOTHER meal for him. I disagreed with the parents, but couldn't say anything. I'm pregnant now and hopefully my husband will give our child the same eating habits that we grew up on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-26870799828630051812014-11-07T08:46:35.190-05:002014-11-07T08:46:35.190-05:00"They even have a special phrase for setting ..."They even have a special phrase for setting the table: dresser la table." This has a marvelous effect on children, she says. Candles, pretty ... <a href="http://tabletstoddlers.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">tabletstoddlers.blogspot.com</a><br />Hassehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00739266755055188584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-65785208674685570952014-10-12T15:31:47.753-04:002014-10-12T15:31:47.753-04:00I just read this look. It was amazing... I found t...I just read this look. It was amazing... I found the ending a little depressing because she kind of threw out some of those rules that - as someone from France - I think are extremely important. But the basic thing is that the book is full of wonderful tips and I loved it!!<br /><br />Valentina DuracinskyValentina Duracinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14210617859722868239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-6908683026805736622014-10-01T18:15:39.909-04:002014-10-01T18:15:39.909-04:00I'm not a mom but I am French and raised by a ...I'm not a mom but I am French and raised by a French mom and this is all true :) I am sooo thankful for the way my mom educated me "food-wise" because I see now that 21 years later, I have great eating habits! :)Laure Albouyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420510849836044075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-91465610125882144122014-07-07T19:16:18.023-04:002014-07-07T19:16:18.023-04:00I know that I can't generalize all Americans w...I know that I can't generalize all Americans with what I saw in "Honey Boo Boo" program but once I saw a episode, and I was shocked to see that her mother said, without a care in the world, that she and her family never had eaten a vegetable. And she used vegetables as a way to punish her kids... What?!?!Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651326418346513400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-44275430240663271842014-07-07T19:11:52.513-04:002014-07-07T19:11:52.513-04:00I am a bit confused with this generalization of fr...I am a bit confused with this generalization of french kids rules for eating.... reading here other comments and with my own experience, I would say these rules are really common in Europe. I was born in Germany, where I spent my early years and now I live in Portugal: and this perfectly normal for us. You would be offered the same than the adults, only in rare occasions you would be offered something alternative (for example, if you just HATED liver...), you have a somewhat strict time routine (i remember being hungry before dinner and wanting to snack something and mother saying "just wait half an hour, because you're not going to ruin your dinner time!!"). And vegetables are always at the table... if a child doesn't like them at all, there's always soup... and eating a vegetable soup is almost THE rule while growing up... I'm really surprised that in the US, the rules seem so different.... Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651326418346513400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-43347819787805769322014-05-22T01:11:46.040-04:002014-05-22T01:11:46.040-04:00Rules are important because without rules there wo...Rules are important because without rules there would be chaos. Everyone would be doing whatever they want and no one would agree and bad things would happen. It is nice teach a children a rules so that they mold and form.<br /><a href="http://www.bukyojes.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> jesse </a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421714467815400645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-59035991755897051302014-05-22T01:09:58.321-04:002014-05-22T01:09:58.321-04:00It so delicious! 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Aside of delicious, it so nutritious and good for the healthy living. <br /><a href="http://www.bukyojes.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> lil thought</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421714467815400645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-87354927163118429862014-05-22T00:45:24.134-04:002014-05-22T00:45:24.134-04:00It is good! my hobbiesIt is good!<a href="%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow"> my hobbies</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421714467815400645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-76896441117687572802014-05-22T00:45:21.031-04:002014-05-22T00:45:21.031-04:00It is good! my hobbiesIt is good!<a href="%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow"> my hobbies</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421714467815400645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-15300143256153927552014-05-21T23:50:54.851-04:002014-05-21T23:50:54.851-04:00Rules are important because without rules there wo...Rules are important because without rules there would be chaos. Everyone would be doing whatever they want and no one would agree and bad things would happen. It is nice teach a children a rules so that they mold and form.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421714467815400645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-57573817278673956382014-04-30T01:07:27.781-04:002014-04-30T01:07:27.781-04:00I haven't had any children yet. But from a per...I haven't had any children yet. But from a perspective of a child, my family was pretty much the same. We rarely have snacks, they were an occasional treats. I went to school, have set lunch there but always have dinner at home. No TV and everybody sit and eat together. There were no choice of food, just what my grandma cooks (but she is an awesome cook!). My mom never feed me constantly, or give in to my winny about food, either you eat it or leave it. That's why I'm so astonished when I first came to US at host family where they don't even eat together. And snacking all the time! But I must say that i've got a little bit of the US way of eating in me now.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385368054153489319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-54805194051467412082014-04-23T08:23:10.423-04:002014-04-23T08:23:10.423-04:00Honestly, the fact that all of these "great&q...Honestly, the fact that all of these "great" parenting skills gets credited to the French all the time frustrates me. My mother, who is Slovak owns a daycare in Canada, and this is exactly what her policy is when dealing with children who are fussy eaters. She brought me up on the same principles---and NEVER gave me crackers or cheerios as a form of snack or a meal! Countless times, she's had children come in with their parents insisting that they will most likely not eat anything else but crackers because that is how they are at home---spending 3 consecutive days at the day care will usually cure the picky eaters.<br />It is not just the French, I think it's all of Europe that has the same habits when bringing up kids. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.shoukie.com/" rel="nofollow"> Organic Children Clothes</a>Hiteshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17710215514416267753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-12298772315213949382014-04-17T01:10:54.281-04:002014-04-17T01:10:54.281-04:00Nice blog
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With so many I kn...I especially like rules 3 and 5.<br />With so many I know,they treat food like something it isn't,then wonder why they end up with weight and emotional issues afterwards.Not that I am perfect by any means,just had to come up with different approaches as a young kid with a sensitive stomach,and have noticed different results from a difference in habits.(nothing cultural or hidden)The way 5 goes is perfect with how me and many friends have turned out,despite what parents insisted on.Many of us have allergies that were either noticeable as children,or started as a wish to avoid only further develop into an allergy as we got older.If something is avoided long enough,kids will go on to start craving substitutes (even less healthy ones)if they really need such. Bellestarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162681472998897212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28060897.post-46254364292034431672013-10-04T03:19:07.880-04:002013-10-04T03:19:07.880-04:00The blog is very informative about kids learning l...The blog is very informative about <a href="http://www.toygully.com/educational-laptops/1298-hcl-me-topper-d1-48-kids-learning-laptop-.html" rel="nofollow">kids learning laptop<br /></a> and helpful for education of kids.madhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03900861666283746133noreply@blogger.com