"You said you wanted those tomatoes, so you're going to eat them!" said the young mother at the table behind us at lunch today at the Banff Springs Hotel.
Good on ya, I thought. The last time I encountered a mother as food-strict was my own. Later, I adopted the same attitude. If one of my kids didn't eat it at dinner, whatever it was reappeared for breakfast -- cold. It only had to happen once for them to get it.
As the family left, I stopped her. "Wow, I'm so proud of you," I remarked. "I overheard you about the tomatoes and was very impressed." She beamed. "You have to be firm," she said.
So many mothers aren't.
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