Parenting Case Number 307: Negotiation
geofg asked:
We had cold udon noodles with chicken and eggplant for dinner, but Nina was not too excited about eating eggplant, so we used the old “you have to eat all your food if you want dessert” ploy. It worked, but Nina came to the somewhat bitter realization that eating dessert last meant you weren’t hungry any more and couldn’t enjoy the dessert to the fullest. Ah, the sad lessons of life.
Raymond Brewton
August 29th, 2009 at 3:32 am
Stella Oneal
little children have much stronger taste buds. Thats why foods that don’t seem to bad to adults can be REALLY bitter for little kids. and thats also why children love sweets SO much. Cause the taste is even more amazing for them than it is for us
August 30th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Christine Voigt
That ice pop is HUGE. I want one, the ones I usually eat are about a third of that size.
Also, I like Nina’s theorizing. I’m going to use that on my mom tomorrow at dinner.
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:36 am
Glenda Wilford
Fantastic!:) Seems nina says gelato(Ice cream)
September 4th, 2009 at 2:08 am
William Conrad
Thanks for stopping by!
September 6th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Luis Wages
I’m a new subscriber. Live in Tochigi.
September 8th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Tanisha Zhao
Yes, I agree! I love Japanese eggplant. I think Nina has tried eggplant tempura too, but she still doesn’t like it. I guess because it is chewy?
September 9th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Brenda Scherer
Sometimes she tells me to stop the camera, but sometimes she tells me to take her picture, too. We’ll have to wait and see how it goes from here on.
September 13th, 2009 at 2:51 am
Manuel Biddle
Ha ha. Thanks!
September 13th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Juan Rutter
Ha ha. Yeah, I felt a little sorry for her because she tried so hard to eat everything and then realized she was too full to completely enjoy her dessert.
September 14th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Mendel
Ha ha. Sometimes Nina is like your little bro when she is not in a good mood. In those times she just says “yada” and runs away too. On this day she was in a good mood and she really wanted dessert so she put on her good manners.
September 16th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Ana Espinosa
Ha ha. Yeah, the shivering when they eat something they don’t like is pretty convincing. I didn’t have the heart to make her eat more egg plant after seeing her do that.
September 19th, 2009 at 1:37 am
Agnes Chenault
But eggplant is delicious! Especially Japanese eggplant. Has Nina ever tried eggplant tenpura?
September 20th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Daisy Quintanilla
Smart girl. Wait until she tells you to stop! Or has she yet?
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 am
Della Sipes
Nina chan is simply darling. This is the greatest channel on YouTube.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:24 am
David Durst
aww~ she’s so smart~ ^-^
maybe next time she’ll leave a room for dessert in her stomach! XD
September 26th, 2009 at 5:19 am
Lawrence Benford
I’m guessing that all of us subscribers have watched every Nina vid.
Just hadn’t said so…I know I have…All are,look forward to each & every one, gems! 
September 28th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Joshua Giglio
she is so cuute and polite even when she refuse to eat the last eggplant and will eat it tomorrow, my lil bro will just run away and hate the thing haha!
September 30th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Jimmy Miracle
She’s so smart, Geofg! it’s really a pleasure watching her, interesting insights from a little girl. It’s funny how they make that shiveringact when they eat something they don’t like, haha. God bless!
October 1st, 2009 at 8:08 am
Charlotte Munguia
????????????
October 4th, 2009 at 12:29 am
David Leong
so adorable
October 4th, 2009 at 5:51 am
Jimmy Bowles
Thank you! We do feel very lucky and blessed to have little Nina in our lives.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Guy Kamm
Yeah, it will be curious to see how she reacts to the camera from here on out. Either she’ll get sick of being filmed, or she’ll start asking me to film her.
October 7th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Jeremy Enoch
i really love her..you are blessed with such an adorable child.i hope i can see your family in person, im one of the millions of FAN by nina..thank you for uploading her videos..
October 10th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Gregory Hedges
WOW! amazng….Nina is beginning to understand why Daddy films here!
That’s cute…how kids can get full after eating half their meal, BUT can always magically find room for dessert 
October 10th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Raymond Topping
How do you pronounce that, anyway?
Hey, everybody has left town. Are you gonna be around this summer? Let’s get a coffee or something.