What is the fascination with the booger eating?! Both my kids do it with no shame whatsoever, no matter what we say to them!
interesting spin on "the circle of life" there.akmom said:Try volunteering in a kindergarten class. Dozens of children just chowing down on them... oh so gross! I always take them aside privately and mention that boogars have germs and will make you sick, and direct them to get a tissue for disposing of them. But most of them forget and start eating them up like candy again. They also suck on the tips of shared pencils, pens, markers, whatever. I just know they're all going to get each other sick... which is why they always have runny noses to snack on.
Do they chow on each-other's boogars? :yikes:akmom said:Try volunteering in a kindergarten class. Dozens of children just chowing down on them... oh so gross! I always take them aside privately and mention that boogars have germs and will make you sick, and direct them to get a tissue for disposing of them. But most of them forget and start eating them up like candy again. They also suck on the tips of shared pencils, pens, markers, whatever. I just know they're all going to get each other sick... which is why they always have runny noses to snack on.
I'm trying to figure out whether you're joking about these things. I sure hope so.tadamsmar said:If a parent is concerned about booger eating, then they should get surgeon to close those holes that allow the nose to drain into the throat.
I have an old Yoga book that show a yogi cleaning those passages by running a long thin cloth in his mouth and out his nose and to clean the nasal passages. It called neti. We should all teach our kids to do that.
If I find a parent who just waits till peer pressure causes their kids to give up booger eating, I call child protective services immediately.
tadamsmar said:If a parent is concerned about booger eating, then they should get surgeon to close those holes that allow the nose to drain into the throat.
I have an old Yoga book that show a yogi cleaning those passages by running a long thin cloth in his mouth and out his nose and to clean the nasal passages. It called neti. We should all teach our kids to do that.
If I find a parent who just waits till peer pressure causes their kids to give up booger eating, I call child protective services immediately.
and not the surgeon general?tadamsmar said:When I call CPS, end up saying "What do you mean you don't protect children whose parents let them eat boogers?! I am going to write the town council, the mayor, my state reps, the Govenor, my congressman, my senators, the President, the UN Secretary General, the Pope, and Oprah!"