Omelet wrote:
>
> I have a very special post stored from him that I'd like to
> contribute... It was written when we were discussing forcing children
> to eat food:
>
> From Bob Pastorio:
>
> It is singularly amazing how people can forget what it was like to be
> dealt with as though they had no brains and their likes and dislikes
> were irrelevant in an essentially trivial situation. I grew up in the
> house where I had to sit at the table until the food was gone.

<saved>

> All threats do is make the kids hide and lie to avoid punishment.
> That's an lose-lose situation. Leave the kids alone. Help them grow
> into kind, thoughtful people and keep the belts for their real
> purpose. Remember what it felt like to be pushed around over trifles
> just because your parents could. Remember what it felt like not to be
> able to have opinions.
>
> Pastorio

And, right there in that post, is the heart of Bob Pastorio.
Thank you, Om, for posting.

Dora