RE: [Rawschool] Transitioning Kids to Raw

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Hi again Tracey,

Sounds as if you're doing wonderful things with your kids!

 

One thing that seems to work quite often is to let go of the idea of " meals " .

For entirely

economic reasons (management of the labor force in a factory-oriented society),

we have become

very attached to " three meals a day " . But if you simply make fruit available to

them virtually

ALL the time, in a bowl or something like that, you may find them just picking

it up and eating

it, and then they'll be satisfied more often than not without your having to do

a thing.

 

From a biological perspective, this allows them to exercise and develop their

natural sense of

hunger and satiation. As I have written before, every part of our system

nourishes itself

through use. In this instance, development of these mechanisms, and of related

self-awareness,

will likely occur quite naturally if you let go and empower them to act on their

own.

 

Most kids still possess an active connection to our species natural affinity for

sweet. So sweet

fruits and sweet-tasting fruits will work very well -- bananas, apricots, figs,

dates, melons,

and the sweeter subacid fruits as well -- pears, apples. And as you already

observe,

tangerines!! While these are classified as an acid fruit because of their

digestive ash, to the

taste they are very sweet and wonderfully attractive.

 

Feel free to offer them fruit as a " snack " or just for fun. You can cut up dates

into

raisin-sized bits and sprinkle them over bananas. (Of course, you can make

banana ice cream from

time to time, that is always very popular.) Let the food be fun.

 

Also, please remember to guide them toward greens. Here is something simple you

can experiment

with: Take a large green leaf and a banana (or 1/2 banana, or ...). Place the

banana upon the

leaf. Now take some dates with a bit of water and blend them into a sauce, thick

as you wish.

Pour (or spread) the sauce upon the banana. Roll the leaf and serve. They can

assemble their

own, and if the entire activity turns into an arts-and-crafts project, then fun

it is! (Of

course, carpet makes a less-than-optimal flooring for such an activity.)

 

Caveat: ALWAYS refrain from using food as any manner of reward or punishment.

 

Hope this is helpful.

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

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Rawschool [Rawschool ] On Behalf Of

rainbowegret

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:14 PM

Rawschool

[Rawschool] Transitioning Kids to Raw

 

 

 

Have been making slow changes to my kids diets but would appreciate any

tips from anyone who has actually changed their kids diets to raw. They

are pretty much mono eaters already and have generally always been like

that.

 

I have 5 boys between 8 1/2 and 2. My daughter who I was intending to

raise raw from the breast has unfortunately had a taste of foods I did

not want her to ever have from pickings her big brothers left on the

floor.

 

She is only 10 months old so it won't be hard to change her she does

love heaps of fruit etc and is a very independant eater already.

 

Thanks

Tracey