Because we haven’t had pizza in a long time and we have a set day a week for the possibility of unhealthy eating, yesterday we surprised Vlad and ordered a pizza on the way home.He arrived, super enjoyed the surprise and we got to eating. We got to that point where we share half-and-half pizzas, but he usually eats more than I do. Because I felt I had had enough I said:
-Vlad, can you take this slice (the one in my half of the pizza), because I can’t anymore.-Yeeei! Vlad replies and then says:-I can’t either, I’ll eat it later. At this reply I start a playful dialogue:-I can eat it later, it’s from my portion.-It’s reserved for me, you can’t eat it.-Where did you reserve it, let me call, maybe I can have it.-Jerrys, at 1818, he answers.I pretend to call, I talk and say:-I said it’s reserved for the one who clears the table and puts the slice aside.To which comes the prompt reply:-I don’t want it anymore, you can eat it! And he runs back to his room.
Vlad clears the table most of the time, and even prepares it for me. Now we’re playing. But I would findthe following two ideas useful:
- Firmly established unhealthy eating day gets rid of the daily buzz of want fries, want shaorma etc.
- I eat as much as I can and as much as I need with attention to what my body says and demands.
- Playful and spontaneous dialogue in which you and your child make up lines develops their creativity and awareness.
- Teach him that things don’t come for free even if not directly service for service. I can get something from someone and I can give something back. There is this law in the universe with what you give the same thing you get.
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