Heidi Klum has been doing several photo ops with her bodyguard boyfriend, Martin Kristen in recent days. Here are the two of them with two of Heidi’s kids, Leni and Lou (plus some friends) as they enjoyed a lunch out in Brentwood on Sunday. As a side note, does anyone wonder if Martin still draws the same salary as when he was “just” her bodyguard — that must be a pretty weird situation on payday, huh? Maybe Heidi does direct deposit, and they just try not to think about money changing hands between them as they’re, you know, totally doing it.
For whatever reason, Heidi has decided to discuss her new juicing obsession with the media, and she has revealed that her kids don’t always love it. To resolve the situation, Heidi says that she has been paying her kids a dollar apiece to drink their morning juice concoctions. To say the very least, this is a strange way to encourage healthy habits, right? As in, Heidi is paying her boyfriend, and now she’s paying her kids. So weird:
Keeping her children healthy comes at a price for Heidi Klum.
The 39-year-old supermodel has revealed she bribes her four children, Leni, eight, Henry, seven, Johan, six, and Lou, three, to get them to finish daily smoothies.
She said: “I’ve never really done a real diet. My New Year’s resolution for 2013 was to start every day with a fresh juice.
“We make an effort every morning – we peel pineapples, apples, lemons, bananas, kiwis, ginger and berries and we make delicious smoothies.
“Some of my kids don’t love it so I decided I would pay them a dollar if they finish their drink. All of the money goes into their piggy banks, they have collected a bunch of money since January 1. What’s good for them is good for me as well.”
[From Daily Mail]
Most parents have dealt with this sort of situation before because kids can be notoriously picky eaters, and they love to test their parents’ patience. Luckily, a lot of them can be encouraged to eat everything on their plates to avoid the loss of dessert or another privilege, which is a bit of a bribe but not too bad. Yet it seems rather extreme for Heidi to actually give her kids money so they’ll drink their healthy juice, and it doesn’t seem like a great way to encourage healthy eating habits for a lifetime. Sure, Heidi has enough money to not worry about tossing dollar bills at her kids, but will this method actually help them in the long run? Probably not.
Here’s Heidi and Martin doing the happy family thing in Malibu over this past Saturday. She’s laying it on real thick while Seal continues to lay pretty low.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN
Seal laying low? Rumour is he is banging Delta Goodrem, they are on The Voice together.
Wasn’t that a blind item, even before he and Heidi broke up? People poo-pooed it because his marriage seemed so strong at the time.
He was at the kids game about two weeks ago so I don’t think he laying low.
kids them self have been seen a lot less senice the split, I think the time they spend with Seal is more privet.
Yeah I saw that on the cover of New Idea or something when I was at the supermarket!
Ricky Martin is the only good thing on that show.
Bad idea, they’ll stop drinking the moment she stops paying.
Well I think bribery has its place in parenting. My son likes healthy food but I pay him for reading books. In the hope that this way he will discover a love for reading. Maybe that’s just what she’s doing, getting them to try the food and maybe discover they like it. So many parents I know will argue all the time about the food with their kids or bribe in other ways (no getting up before they have finished, no TV if they don’t eat their veggies), this seems more straight forward.
I agree. A combination of negative and positive reinforcement has been shown to be the best in influencing behavior.
paying your child to read books= genius!
as a book lover, my fear has been that I would have children who don’t like to read. now I know what I will do so thank you!
What’s the going rate per book?
Ridiculous idea. And it’s not parenting.
+100
It may not be YOUR idea of parenting, so good thing you aren’t raising HER kids. As other people have noted, parents “bribe” their kids for any number of things – allowances for doing chores, money for good grades, etc. She’s doing it to encourage them to eat healthier. I don’t see what’s bad about that. I see the mommy police is out in full force.
This. I paid my kid for good grades. I paid for A’s and I paid for B’s and nothing for C’s. I didn’t have to pay him to read because he loved it but I would’ve paid him to do it if he hadn’t.
I’m with you, Mirna.
yeah, sounds more like a business transaction. shows shes limited in her parenting skills. might work in the modelling world but come on, try to be more creative with your children.
It’s not like she’s bribing them with inordinate amounts of money. I wouldn’t go that route, but I don’t find it very judgement worthy either.
There’s nothing wrong with paying them to eat healthy. There is no other way that you could do it otherwise. Taking away privileges would be ridiculous, too over the top. Eventually they may learn to like healthier foods instead of automatically just banning them because they assume they don’t like them.
I bribe my son with various things to get him to try something new. My son is very picky when it comes to food and quick to say he doesn’t like something without trying it. So what I do is offer him a special treat or something that I know he likes just to encourage him to try different foods. Once he tries it and realizes he likes it I no longer have to bribe him to eat that particular food because he discovered he actually likes it. I also tend to let my child help me make a meal because sometimes he likes to try what he thinks he created.
I don’t see the harm in doing what she’s doing. Most nutritionist will tell you not to force kids to eat something but if you can find a way to encourage them to at least try it, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. What is your option if your kid don’t want to eat something; do you shove it down their throats.
I guess if you’re being raised with lots of money, getting paid to do something that’s related to self love and awareness makes sense.
She can never be alone, she jumps from one man to the other.
I know. I was just thinking to myself as I looked at these pictures, hmm is she possibly pregnant by her new boyfriend/bodyguard?
Wow you may be right. I was totally noticing a glow but didn’t see the obvious reason: she’s preggo.
And seriously I never realized how close in age the kids are. She was preggo with Leni when she got with Seal. And then bam bam bam 123 made the babies and then what? As soon as the post baby bliss hormones wore off she was like ?meh? Seal’s their DAD but NEXT. I know he might be a cheating ass but wtf was she making so many dang babies with him for then? I love her on Projrct runway I really do- and I loved her as a model 10 years ago. But damn Heidi! You really come off like a selfish narcissist only looking out for what Heidi wants.
If she IS preggo—- ha – that dude has an expiration date- within 3 years max of the babes birth date.
She apparently can’t be without a man…not even for 9 months, as evidenced by the fact that she started sleeping with Seal while she was already pregnant with another man’s baby. Bizarre.
Very bad idea, Heidi
Maybe they just don’t like drinking their meals. Why not give them some actual fruit to eat? Most kids I know like at least some fruit, as it’s sweet.
Man, I wish we would have been paid as kids for eating healthy. Our parents were strict no-junk food, no fast-food people — I was 12 when I tasted pizza for the first time — so I would have made a fortune :).
I was going to say the same thing, at least make it the actual fruit rather than a glass full of sugar.
What she’s giving them IS fruit/veggies, just in juice form. Fruit has natural sugars, so they’d be getting sugar either way.
@jaye – the difference is, with juicing, all their getting is the sugar – they’re not getting any of the fiber that they’d get if they ate the fruit whole. Additionally, they’re probably ingesting more calories and sugar because juice is not as filling as the whole fruit is and their probably drinking more fruit in one drink than they’d be eating. She’s not bribing them to eat healthy, she’s bribing them to drink juice
ol cranky, she isn’t saying she is giving them juice…a smoothie is a different thing. A juice is a strained. A smoothie isn’t strained (and usually includes something like yogurt). Because a smoothie isn’t strained, it retains the fiber of the produce.
When I was young I would only get my allowance if I had done my chores, such as help doing the dishes twice a week of vacuuming (sp?) my room. Since almost every household now has a dishwasher – and lets face it Heidi probably has staff for cleaning the entire house – I don’t see harm in setting different allowance rules that encourage behaviour and that have nothing to do with chores
We pay for grades, because that is a direct result of work.
We take a different approach on eating. We provided it for you, you will be grateful for what you have and not demanding. Many children in the US go hungry – if you do it’s YOUR choice in this household. What a blessing to have a choice!
There it is, eat it or not. There will be no special meals or snacks. It will be there if you are hungry later in the day or before bed.
No one has died or suffered any bad consequences other than early bed for acting out. They just didn’t like it – oh well kids are kid and parents are parents. Sometimes kids eat, sometimes they don’t.
I was raised with this approach. We never had snacks or meals in between.
This eat it or not, never worked for me. I was a stubborn child and this type of punishment just made me more stubborn. It took me years to learn how to compromise.
I was a skinny kid myself, because I wouldn’t eat most common “kid” food at the time – hot dogs, spaghetti, pancakes etc…turns out I have low blood sugar and am allergic to nitrates – who knew all that in the 60’s and 70’s?
I too learned to compromise, but I also learned the valuable lesson that food is for building bodies and sustenance not fun, reward or pleasure. I have treats on occasion (maybe 2 or 3 times a week) but have never seen food as a crutch or comfort – and I am very glad for that.
I think it’s cruel to force kids to eat foods they hate. As a child i was starved every day until I turned 14 and figured out how to remove (steal) food from the fridge without getting caught. I was fed 1 slice of bread each day and dinner (because my dad was around at dinnertime). Never had snacks, treats, dessert, second helpings, etc. Even at my hungriest I could not force down liver. I threw up every time, hungry as I was. I never forced my son to eat something he disliked and treated his cousins the same way.
I hope you don’ have a child like me!
I was an incredibly picky child, and remain a very picky adult. I’m also incredibly stubborn.
When I was 7 I decided I no longer liked potatoes and wouldn’t eat them. My mother made me sit at the table until I did. Three hours later, I was still there. I was 23 before I ate potatoes again.
We found out later that most of my pickiness comes from allergies and food sensitivities (and what doesn’t is texture related)
My mother, wisely in my opinion, decided to pick her battles. She cooked meals for the family, and if I didn’t want to eat it, I knew where the loaf of bread and butter was. Oddly bread and butter is my number one comfort food.
Sorry, I’m rambling. Hard stance parenting drives me mental. Particularly when it comes to food, since there could very well be a REASON your kid doesn’t want to eat whatever it is, like food sensitivities. Oranges are a big one for me, I can’t eat them or be around someone who is eating one – instant migraine. It doesn’t show up on an allergy test though, I just had one in November. I asked the doctor about it, and he simply said, oh it’s just a sensitivity, avoid it and you’ll be fine. Which was great, since I was there to get a note for work so they would change cleaning supplies that were orange based. GUH!
**End Rant**
I admire your potato rebellion. I would never try to force a child to eat something he/she legitimately doesn’t like. Who has the right to do that?? I can’t understand it. I’m sure your mom was great in other ways, and it’s common for some parents to think that force will work. If my kid were refusing to drink water, then I’d have to take some extra measures, bc you simply can’t not drink water. But potatoes or any other random food? No way.
ha i wish someone would pay me to eat healthy right now. i just dropped 200 on a gym membership bc i have a high school reunion to get to this summer and despite the idea of seeing my hubby’s ex in this shape im in scaring the heck out of me im still not motivated to get up an hour earlier to get to the gym before work.
kids need motivation and money for things they want always is good. she may just be giving them a couple dollars and taking them to the dollar store at the end of the week who knows (i know parents who do that for chores)
while i don’t think it’s the best idea to pay them to eat their fruits/veggies, i think this is way better than rewarding them with television/dessert. it’s all bribery whichever way you cut it.
I don’t think I would use money, but I do use other methods for getting my kids to eat healthy foods.
The one that drives me totally bats is the smarties for potty training idea. whoever thought of that needs to be smacked.
if you pee, you get chocolate. illogical.
we use toilets and it’s non negotiable. also, if you wait, you don’t need to bribe your kid to use the toilet, they learn quickly.
so maybe a dollar a drink isn’t a great idea, but it isn’t terrible either. There are far worse things people do to their kids that have long term ramifications. a dollar here or there really, will matter little.
I was toilet trained using that method. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with it. Kids need incentives to do new things, and once they’re used to doing them, the incentives stop. It’s not as if my mummy is still following me around handing out M&Ms for a wee in the toilet.
People just love to criticize other people’s parenting techniques.
I sure do.
You’ll never guess how I’m judging you right now 😉
I made my children and grandchildren sticker charts (started out as star charts and has gone to sticker charts with the grandkiddos) for potty training. It works wonderful and after about 3 or 4 months of it, it is no longer needed. We make a big deal about how wonderful it is to get stickers (one for pee and two for p00p).
My dissertation advisor used the gold star/silver star method potty training his kids. He brought the remaining stars in to try to motivate his grad students in the lab. And that’s why I have a gold star on the printed copy of my dissertation for the Ph.D. Especially appropriate if you remember what B.S. means, M.S. is more of the same, and Ph.D. means piled higher and deeper…
If you don’t have children, I can see why you’re judgemental– i used to think that way. But I see nothing wrong with this. I have tried everything to get my kids to eat healthy (I eat very healthy food) but they HATE food if it’s a plant. It’s hard to push it on them, but as a parent you want your kids to eat healthy so you will try crazy things.
Can I just say I’m not a fan of posts asking us to criticize parents if the kids are healthy and safe? Parents already second guess themselves and feel like failures at some point everyday. I’m sure celebs feel that way as well. I’m just sayin’! 🙂
I agree, totally. Everyone parents differently. If the kids are healthy and safe, who are we to judge?
Although I personally wouldn’t do it, their her kids and she can raise them how she wants. It’s hardly the worst thing in the world.
Here is what I think and I have two kids so its legitimate.
I will never pay my kids to do anything. Nothing. You don’t get paid for chores or homework anything ridiculous like that. You do what you have to do because its part of life and we’re a family, end of story.
All that said, I can understand what she is doing. Its not a big deal. They will grow up one day and want to drink smoothies or juices just like anyone else. It’s not really hurting anything and it gets the job done. Its just not my style.
I don’t either.
we all work to keep our house clean and tidy.
If they need something, we talk about it and then decide.
once they are teenagers with jobs, we will still provide clothes, food, housing, etc. they can buy any extras with their paycheques, like cell phones, designer clothes, movies with their friends.
Amen Yeahright! Thats the way i was raised and i appreciate it.
That’s exactly how I was raised. My mom would always say “why should I pay you for something you are SUPPOSED to do, anyway?” Having said that, though I’m certainly not going to judge a parent for doing what works for them.
My toddler’s nutritionist told me it takes between 10 and 15 bites of a new food for them to truly get the taste of it. (That doesn’t mean 10 – 15 bites in one sitting, but having them take one bite on 10 – 15 different occasions.) She also told me not to make him clean his plate (which I’ve not done, as I wasn’t raised by a mom who did that, either).
I think paying a kid to do ANYTHING (other than chores, which isn’t a bribe but rather payment for “work”) sets a dangerous precedent.
But that’s MY maternal opinion. To each her own.
I don’t think it’s a bad idea, but when is the right time to stop bribing them with money? Won’t they grow up with that kind of “pay me or I won’t do it” kind of mentality? Input from mothers are very much welcome!
It works on my kids with grades, te others not so much. I was raised to do chores and be quiet. Everyone and every child is motivated differently. Don’t try to think what worked for you will work for your child. Otherwise, all kids would be some rational, veggie eating machines. Maybe I should just GOOP my children and then I will be a perfect mother LOL
I’m more fascinated about the body guard pay roll thing. How weird that would be paying your partners wage?! I suppose jello & Leanne do it!!!
i just really like that green shirt/jacket she is wearing.
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I wish women in general would STOP judging every other mother and their mothering skills just because they don’t follow the exact same methods as you. Each child is different and may require different approaches. Seriously ladies, get OFF your high horses. Ok I’ll step off my soapbox now…
My kids love smoothies and actually ask for them quite often. I would think most kids would. What is she making them with? Does she know they are made with fruit? Lol 😉
I think the general idea behind it (positive reinforcement) is good. However, it might be better if she did a point system (for that and things like chores, homework, etc) then they can accumulate points for things. It teaches kids to be responsible.
I read somewhere that her kids eat a lot of fast food so this is probably her way of weaning them off it. Not gonna judge her for paying them to drink a healthy drink.
Well, if it’s just fruit juice it’s not like it’s fast food, but really it’s just a bunch of sugar.
Following that logic, so is the actual FRUIT she’s juicing.
I hate when parents bribe their kids into doing the right thing; they should do the right thing regardless because it’s right, not because of immediate payback.
I agree. However, I think this is cultural. Many people in the world don’t have much food (even in America). Parent serve what the can afford. Children eat what is on their plate. And they eat it all. No questions asked.
I think whatever it takes to make them better or healthier kids is fine!!!!
Those kids are going to be gorgeous once they hit their teens.
Some of these judgemental comments annoy me. It’s incredibly arrogant to think your style of parenting is the only way to go. As long as the children are happy and healthy, live and let live.
I’m with you.
It’s just a dollar, and they’re just kids. Calling it extreme, is kinda extreme.
The kids she had with Seal have their father’s height….they will be VERY tall and leggy.
But SHE’S tall, too.
The way we grew up, if you didn’t eat what was offered, you went hungry. But then again we didn’t have an endless supply of food in the house either. These kids have had gourmet meals made by personal chefs their entire lives, so their tastes might be a little more picky than most kids. Also, they know their fridge is fully stocked with EVERYTHING they love, so if bribery is the way to get them to try new or healthy foods, why not?
how i bribed my kid: “eat your food or no PowerPuff Girls!”
oh & backtalk?: “another word & no Sailor Moon for a week!”
ta-da! 😉
p.s.- i love lil’ Leni’s cool gal posse. so adorable!
Who cares if she’s bribing her kids with money? Parents use bribery all the time and threats too. I think she’s better than the parents who bribe their kids to eat dinner by giving them dessert because at least what she’s doing is a win-win (versus potentially making your kid a chunky monkey). They have a healthy beverage AND they get some money in their piggy banks. Plus, I’m sure the kids will get used to the fruit smoothies eventually and may even grow to like them. Some things are an acquired taste.
Besides, I don’t think you can win if you’re a parent. There will ALWAYS be someone who disagrees with your parenting style, but the truth of the matter is, there isn’t one right way.
I think it’s interesting, actually, that we accuse and berate well-meaning parents who are trying to do the best for their kids. We seldom focus on the real problem, which is bad behavior that is transmitted from parent to child. There’s cruelty in this world for a reason and it’s because parents are unable to stamp it out in themselves and so they end up spreading it to their children. If you’re a parent, be more aware. Every single time you mock someone whether it’s to their face or behind their back, your child is watching you and learning from you. Then, one day, they’ll grow to think it’s ok to tease someone or dislike someone because of their ethnicity, their accent, their height, their weight, their proportions, their name, etc. That’s the biggest problem in our society today.
I usually am on board for this whole “mothers shouldn’t judge other mothers” thing, but really in this case it is kind of hard not to. Heidi put it out there. Of course it is going to be commented on because everyone parents differently (or not at all) Everyone judges so I think it is unreasonable to expect people not to judge. Plus this blog would be really boring if we weren’t judging and commenting differently.
Why is this case different from any other? When you read mommy blogs mothers are putting their parenting “out there”. Why should they not be judged, but it’s okay for Heidi Klum? I’m not a fan of hers, but I’m certainly not going to judge her parenting, whether I agree with it or not.
I don’t think they shouldn’t be judged if they are putting it out there. If you don’t want people to criticize you then just raise your kids the best you can and keep it to yourself. Obviously if you put it out for public consummation then expect judgement. I was more commenting on the people here saying that we shouldn’t judge how other mothers parent their kids. I’m saying if you say it (type it) for all to see then expect people to say things for or against you.
Famous or not, whether it’s for a national publication or a mom-blog, when you put personal information out there for the world to see you better expect that people are going to comment on it.
I wish my mom would pay me to eat fruit smoothies. When I was a kid, you ate your food or you went hungry. Granted, I wasn’t a picky eater, and when my mom knew that we didn’t like something, she never made it for us again…unless it was something we could easily take out (like mushrooms….ewwww).
My experience is that bribing your kids doesn’t work. Maybe it’s because I go to school where a lot of people just do not care. I’ve know neighbors to let their kids wander around after dark (in a small town where there’s three bars on a main street, and plenty of drunks any day of the week), I’ve known one woman who let her three kids under ten (one was three or four) walk around town by themselves.
In my school, it’s either the parents really care about your grades or they don’t. To me, bribing your kids w/ money to do what you’re supposed to do tells me what I need to know about their parenting. Based on my experiences, it tells me that they do very little to parent…I see so many kids being disrespectful to the teachers, and it makes me wonder how they treat their parents.
I’m not trying to say she’s a bad mom for bribing her kids, but I think kids need to learn that you don’t always get what you want. you don’t always get money or praise for doing something you’re supposed to. In my experience, if you raise your kid right (no matter how picky or fussy w/food or anything else), when they hit ten, eleven, twelve, you won’t have to be resorting to bribe them to get what you want them to do.
I don’t get the paying for grades or chores either. You’re supposed to keep your rooms and get good grades. We got extra things if we did extra chores. I get to go places when my grades are good.
That’s my two cents,anyway.
Sounds like you are still in school because of a few things you said. If that is the case, you don’t have any experience to base this on as you said. It is easy to talk about how someone does it, we all do lol, but trust me, you have no place judging on this issue. 😉 Not being mean, but you’re very young and in school. 🙂
Someone young tries to express their opinion and you’re bashing them? YOU need to grow up if you can’t handle different opinions.
Umm, seeing as how I am in school, I would be the perfect person to comment…I see the results of different parenting styles. IN MY experience, the kids whose parents “bribe” them with money and/or gifts (cars, phones, etc) are the brattiest ones to deal with.
I have kids-really teenagers who complain about everything. I have one particular history teacher who nobody really likes for some reason. She isn’t mean, she’s a competent teacher, who really knows her stuff…but could improve in different styles of teaching (less notes, more interactive). This teacher is ROUTINELY mocked by most, if not all students (to OTHER teachers no less), for being a terrible teacher….I have never heard a student who say she’s a terrible teacher who wasn’t one who was either talking in class (while she’s trying to explain the lesson), texting, eating a full lunch (right after we just got back from lunch), or otherwise doing anything but listening to the lesson.
Then they complain to whomever will listen that they never learn anything in her class. I am not even exaggerating in the slightest when I say that that is half of my fifth hour history class in a nutshell.
I’m not a paragon of virtue, but all in all i’m a pretty good teenager, who sees what happens when you raise your kids to only do the right thing because they will benefit from it. To take an extreme example from some of my classmates, do you think the dean/principal of the college is going to care when you fail your first semester of college because, according to you the professors are stupid and can’t teach…so it’s their fault? NO.
It’s up to the individual student.
That’s what I tell my classmates when they complain about failing because of her…if you’re not learning the material then it’s up to YOU to educate yourself. you can’t sit around and mope and complain that your teachers failed you….ask your parents for help…if there’s really a teacher that bad then talk to the school board…..except they won’t because they know they’re failing because their douchenozzle selves just want to get a free ride.
Again, I’m not trying to say that Heidi Klum bribing her kids to drink smoothies for breakfast (not very filling) is making them into terrible kids, but it sets a precedent…good or bad it depends on the kid (majority of the times it’s bad).
Sorry for the long rant,as you can all see I take after my mom in ranting about bada** kids..even teenagers 🙂
Sunny, you are an asshat! I know the name of the site ends in bitchy, but being nasty to a kid expressing their opinion, rather intelligently I might add, is a bit much. And you throw in passive aggressive smileys. Twat.
+ 1 million for Mr. Smurf. I was raised the same way. I love it. I’m a better person for it.
And BTW, “the children are our future” so do NOT knock this kid for his honest opinion. You should praise him for it even if you don’t agree. He’s exercising his ability to think independently and he’s not being a little know-it-all. Don’t knock the young. Don’t destroy their self-confidence.
Just to clear something up, i’m a “her”…I’m rethinking my name now….it was supposed to be a fake name for my celebrity crush, but now I’ll change it to Ms.Smurf.
Mr. Smurf – thanks for your thoughtful contribution – everyone is entitled to their “two cents.” I enjoyed your post. Don’t let anyone ever tell you your opinion or experience because of your age doesn’t count.
Thanks, april….as per the post above, I have the monopoly on bratty kids in my area…beware.
Ms. Smurf, you made my day!
Eh, this is a bit sketchy but not really horrible. Lots of parents bribe their kids in different ways for different things. I work with children and often get the chance to chat with the moms, and one of the common denominators among every single mom is the desire to manage their kids “with the path of least resistance” because moms have a million other things to do and the last thing they want to deal with is a long battle about brushing teeth. So they give in. They bribe. They pay. They promise. They do whatever to just make this one thing easier on them. I know a mom who doles out 4 M&Ms…exactly 4…if her kid goes to bed without being told twice. He gets his treat the next day. Other moms promise “to buy that puzzle you want” if they take their medicine without complaining while on a round of antibiotics. I get it.
But when I’m with the kids I do it the way I was raised which is to simply teach them that “some things in life just have to be done whether we like the taste or not, end of story, just buck it up and get it over with”. And they do it. They really do. If you lay down the law firmly but gently (humiliating them only makes it worse b/c most children are natural-born fighters) and give them a solid reason, they will obey. And then praise them for it.
And can I just say (this is totally random) that I have NO idea how Heidi Klum got to be a top model. I find her so INCREDIBLY average. And she has zero charisma. What’s her personality? I can’t discern any. She’s boring and average in every way. I have nothing against her really, just have always found her success very, very perplexing.
I used to bribe my baby brothers with money to try new foods – something like five cents a bite. It worked. They’d end up trying something new and probably liking it, and they’d get a dollar out of the deal to go buy candy at school the next day or whatever. I don’t see the big deal here.