Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
I've embarked on three weeks of summertime solo fatherhood as my wife works for a cookery mag in town. Today I sent the kids and their friends out to the overcast playground for an hour, listened to the Pixies and re-boxed my computer odds-and-ends, discovering innumerable useful cables and connectors, three old Sportster modems and five or six mouses, most of which have no scroll wheel.
Parenting tip: to get kids to eat veggies, hand them out while they play video games. Zombie-like and unfazed, they will chomp carrots and cucumber as they stare at the screen. Anything that isn't directly vile-tasting will disappear into their maws. The ones playing eat the stuff at top speed just to free their hands, while the ones waiting for their turn appreciate the diversion.
[More blog entries about children, parenting, food, vegetables, videogames; barn, mat, grönsaker, tvspel.]
Comments
Darn clever. You think it works with teens?
Posted by: Lars L | July 10, 2007 9:01 AM
Try it! I honestly think it works with video game zombies of any age.
Posted by: Martin R | July 10, 2007 10:11 AM
Yep, it does. I just finished a pack of bonbon au gingembre of indonesian manufacture, being unaware of them. It is magic!
Posted by: Lars L | July 10, 2007 5:02 PM