Eat your vegetables! Dammit!
I visited a friend for dinner. She has a 5-year-old child.
When we finished eating, the child's plate was clean, except that the vegetables were still there, uneaten.
My friend said, "Eat your vegetables!"
I admonished and corrected her: "You should say, "Eat all your food!' Because all foods matter."
She corrected herself and said to her child, "Eat all your food."
The kid took seconds on meat, potatoes, milk, soup, and dessert, ate them all, and still left the vegetables on the plate.
My friend glared at me and said to her kid, "Eat your vegetables! Dammit!"
The problem wasn't with the meat. The kid would eat the meat.
The problem wasn't with the potatoes. The kid would eat the potatoes.
The problem wasn't with the milk. The kid would drink the milk.
The problem wasn't with the soup. The kid would eat the soup.
The problem wasn't with the dessert. The kid would eat the dessert.
The problem was with the vegetables. Eat your vegetables, dammit!
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