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Salty Marky's avatar

The concept of "normativity" is based upon conditioning. Three meals is normal to you as you probably were raised in a healthy family. People raised in modern Britain easy where & when they please - normally processed garbage - the concept of a family meal is now abnormal to the underclass.

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Stephen O’Brien's avatar

I tried my best to battle against the continuous snacking for my kids, but it gets programmed into them. They had it at daycare, and then school, this built in snack time. When summer comes, I thought I could win the battle against snacking. Nope.

And the comic, it's so true. I am the father and I try to bring nothing, unless we quite obviously need something. This is deliberate, as I feel we over-prepare most other times. Just to add more information, I spend a lot of time with my kids and we do a lot of adventures together.

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Zack Morris the Elder's avatar

It's true. Snacking is ubiquitous in our culture. We homeschool our kids. I always say, when it comes to a battle of values, the place that has the kid eight hours a day, five days a week, nine months a year is probably going to win.

I'm with you on preparing. My kids and I do a lot of stuff together all the time and we travel light. No need to bring a bunch of stuff. My wife tends to pack heavy. It's a woman thing! That's what I tell her anyway and it never goes over well.

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