DISQUS

Our solution for our finicky 4.5 year old daughter was to implement the rule that at every meal she has to have a fruit or vegetable of her choice first. It also had to be a different fruit or vegetable for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She\'d honestly eat only applesauce at all three meals if we let her. Anyway, if she doesn\'t eat the serving of fruit of vegetable, she doesn\'t get anything else for the meal. Why have we gone to such lengths? Because if she skips even one meal\'s serving of a fruit or vegetable the poor thing is constipated for days. Her system is that sensitive, so it\'s a must for us to enforce.

Sesame Street continues to teach us and our children about building and maintaining relationships, community, and friendships at its very core. These are issues that Wiggles can\'t hold a candle to. I\'m with Foo on this one, Sesame all the way!

We\'re not at the age of having to have this debate just yet as our daughter who is 4 has yet to even mention the word, and our son is only 20 months old, but I obviously have been building opinions on this one for a while. I try to be realistic about it all and understand that eventually they\'re going to turn other toys and their hands into \"play\" guns, but I don\'t think I need to supply them with the toy plastic versions. I try to choose and buy toys that have positive values and that will help build my children\'s character. I find it hard to believe a toy gun would ever do so. Pretending to kill or maim someone is hardly entertainment, educational or valuable.