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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 86645" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On bad days I have talked the family through getting a meal, talking from bed. I remember one day long ago when easy child & difficult child 1 were cooking a curry, and burnt the curry paste. They were about to throw it away and start again but I made them continue - curry paste tastes even better when it's been burnt! As long as it's not carbonised, of course.</p><p></p><p>I have found that the family gets on better if everybody is either fed or has access to food, but we do have emergency standbys. In our case, it's instant noodles. Plus I have small supplies in the freezer, of basic ingredients for wraps, burritos, rice paper rolls etc. If they're desperate they can go to the local shop and buy some chicken fillet and make a stir-fry or a curry. </p><p></p><p>We've used these occasions as a teaching tool - "I'm too tired/ill/fed up to cook dinner tonight, but I'll talk you through cooking it." The end result is, now we can go away for a few days and leave the (now adult, allegedly) middle kids at home and know they can feed themselves.</p><p></p><p>It's an ill wind...</p><p></p><p>If you're always there and always available to fix things, they never learn to manage without you.</p><p></p><p>So you can argue - a strike is for THEIR benefit!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 86645, member: 1991"] On bad days I have talked the family through getting a meal, talking from bed. I remember one day long ago when easy child & difficult child 1 were cooking a curry, and burnt the curry paste. They were about to throw it away and start again but I made them continue - curry paste tastes even better when it's been burnt! As long as it's not carbonised, of course. I have found that the family gets on better if everybody is either fed or has access to food, but we do have emergency standbys. In our case, it's instant noodles. Plus I have small supplies in the freezer, of basic ingredients for wraps, burritos, rice paper rolls etc. If they're desperate they can go to the local shop and buy some chicken fillet and make a stir-fry or a curry. We've used these occasions as a teaching tool - "I'm too tired/ill/fed up to cook dinner tonight, but I'll talk you through cooking it." The end result is, now we can go away for a few days and leave the (now adult, allegedly) middle kids at home and know they can feed themselves. It's an ill wind... If you're always there and always available to fix things, they never learn to manage without you. So you can argue - a strike is for THEIR benefit! Marg [/QUOTE]
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