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[quote=Anonymous]This is such a funny thread.  When most of us were growing up, it was assumed (in my world, at least) that it was totally acceptable for adults to have things that kids could not.  Resources were not unlimited and adults and kids were not equals.  My parents never "withheld" things from me, but I did not expect that I could order anything I wanted from the menu and I understood that they might have a party at which I ate the "kids" food while the adults ate stuff that was more complex and I probably wouldn't want anyway.  I grew up to be a big traveler and an adventurous eater, but learned to do this in my own time and on my own dime.

This debate seems to be about more than food.  It is rather about whether or not your life is about you and your kids abide in it.  Or your life is about your kids and you abide in it.  I think we have lost a lot of the pleasure of being an adult (with adult friends, adult interests, adult conversation, etc.) because we no longer live our lives and let our kids metaphorically sit at the "kids" table with each other and work things out amongst themselves.  I am not sure that the overwhelming child-centeredness of modern life is doing them any favors.

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