I will be travelling to PV in a couple weeks with my family. My daughter (6) is a VERY picky eater -- no point in fighting her, she's stubborn, too -- so we're thinking of bringing along her favourite brand of peanut butter, ketchup and cheese slices. I know, she sounds awful, but she's a lovely girl, eating habits notwithstanding... I know that ketchup is readily available at the resort we're staying at, but not her brand (I know, I know...) My question is, is it 'legal' to import a small amount of these items for our personal use? It would be just enough for a week's stay. Thanks!
Being non-breeders, my girlfriends and I had a field day with this one! One of us thought the family should "stay home". Another one of us proclaimed that monster children grow into monster adults! I thought she would probably grow up to become a serial killer. LOL
We've all met children like this and the parents who coddle them in order to "keep the peace". We experienced a few of them when we were in Mexico, using the hallways of the condo as their "playground" or acting up around the pool. The one at the pool was especially evil since she insisted on emitting ear-splitting screeches every time her parents did not watch her performances in the pool. I'm actually surprised everyone's sunglasses didn't shatter from the level of this girl's screams. Her parents just smiled and capitulated to her every whim. I wanted to drown her.
My brother used to be a "problem" child. He was very hyper-active and loud. Well, to be fair, we were all loud on my Dad's side of the family because of that Italian blood. My Mom used to cringe whenever the whole "tribe" got together. My Dad has five sisters and even one or two of them in a small room can make a lot of noise! So whenever we were invited anywhere as a family, a familiar question was "Are you going to bring Greg?" I actually enjoyed having my brother be the centre of attention -- it left me free to do my own thing without any supervision. Haha ...
We finally decided that these monster children and their parents need an attitude adjustment. You only need to watch one episode of Super Nanny with Jo Frost to understand this. Once you let the kids run the show, it's becomes "all about them". If the parents of this finicky six-year-old don't fix this now, Miss Thing will be ordering peanut butter, ketchup and cheese sandwiches well into her 30s!
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Hi Juliana,
I saw your comment over at CAP's site re: her book. I thought I would have trouble reading it at first too and even had to put it down once. But, you know what, I poured myself another glass of wine, picked it back up and proceeded to laugh my a$$ off.
Here's to finding one's grin again.
Oh yea - I'm a non-breeder too. And I just thank the Universe daily that I will never have to worry about "importing" peanut butter, ketchup, and cheese!
Non-breeder here also, but I have 5nieces and nephews. I think most kids go through a I'll only eat this phase, but by 6 she should be outgrowing it. One of my nephews only ate dry cheese sandwiches from about the age of 4 to 5. Two slices of white bread,one slice of American cheese, that's it. Now he's a vegan and eats things like lentils and soy cheese. When I was growing up, you could eat what my mother put on the table, or you could go to bed hungry.
LOL We were the same way -- eat or go hungry!
This is probably why I have this terrible habit of eating everything on my plate. :(
My Mom did a great job getting us to try new and different things. I think you do the kids a disservice making them so afraid to try different food.
Going hungry won't hurt them and learning to cope when things aren't just the way you want them is important!
"learning to cope when things aren't just the way you want them is important"
Amen to that concept Bunny!
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