I suppose that a good way to describe tea would be “plant essence.”
Of course, that makes it sound like a potion ingredient, but as an avid tea drinker/ Harry Potter fan, I think that just makes it sound even more appealing!
If we want to be really picky, the correct term is “plant infusion”, in which we extract the essence by letting them sit in the solvent (in this case, water) for an amount of time.
Frankly, I’ve never approved of making kids eat things they don’t want to. Adults have a weird sense of entitlement about being picking and then strong arming children into eating stuff they don’t want to.
Asking them to try something is perfectly fine. Demanding isn’t. When I went to pre-k, they had a rule you had to at least “try” everything on your plate.
Being a broke ass school, the only fruit they served was pineapple. I tried it, I hated it, they made me “try” it every day. To this day, anything pineapple makes me vomit.
Actually it’s important adults DO make kids eat things they don’t want to. But it has to be done intelligently and for good reasons. For example: It’s up to us to ensure they have a healthy diet.
It’s a parent’s job to make sure children have a healthy diet, that doesn’t mean they have to force them to eat anything they don’t like. As a kid growing up, I like apples and pears, all sorts of fruits, but I was forced to eat that fucking pineapple. I like several kinds of vegetables, but I detested cauliflower, big surprise what my Mother usually served with dinner.
Anyways, I can’t see any good reason to force Selkie to try tea if she doesn’t want to. And that smug look on Todd’s face makes me wish a hammer fell on his head.
As someone who used to be forced to eat vegetables, which not only did (and still do) taste terrible to me–but made me gag and occasionally throw up (which was called “just overreacting” by the surrounding adults) I agree with you almost 100%.
I do believe they could go about this much better (having her help make it, letting her watch them drink it, making her curious and willing to try it rather than forcing her) but I also think that helping her realize that she CAN eat certain plant-based things without basically poisoning herself is important.
Hopefully Selkie will come to associate tea with something happy (Tai Li’s birthday) and grow to like it—rather than as something bad (punishment for misbehaving earlier) and come to hate it
At least since the tea tasting is being done at Dr. Pohl’s house Selkie will (at least logically) know that she won’t be “poisoned” from the “food/drink experiments”—like the beginning of Selkie’s orphanage days
It might help if Selkie can see Pohl and/or Sai Fen drink the tea first, to see that it really is okay. Many young children are uncomfortable with anything unfamiliar, so seeing their parents or siblings or someone close to them being fine-and maybe even liking it!-makes the kid more open to trying it for themselves.
Since Selkie is the proud, competitive type–one way to get her to drink the tea would be if Suko drank it in front of her! (he might be more accustomed to it from his upbringing)
If a mere two year old Suko can do it–then eight year old Selkie can too!
Just noticed how Sai Fen is really dripping, soaking, wet but ONLY on her upper half, to the point that the lower half of her shirt is completely dry. Todd is totally not paying attention but if he was, it seems like that would be very suspicious. Sai Fen is STILL swimming in the undertow. 😀
You forgot the markings on Pohl’s eyes in the second panel. (Yes I’ the first guy to say something like this, this time.
Liquid plants are better than gassy plants. Bean there, done that.
Sprout ’em first. Just barely slightly.
Haha, I was referencing Avatar :The Last Airbender.
At least Selkie didn’t call it ‘Hot Leaf Juice”….
Dirty hot water in a cup.
http://archives.erfworld.com/Book%201/183
“Hot Leaf Juice” lol
Avatar: The Last Airbender reference FTW!
Yep! Also, one of my comment replies ended up out of place :p
I suppose that a good way to describe tea would be “plant essence.”
Of course, that makes it sound like a potion ingredient, but as an avid tea drinker/ Harry Potter fan, I think that just makes it sound even more appealing!
If we want to be really picky, the correct term is “plant infusion”, in which we extract the essence by letting them sit in the solvent (in this case, water) for an amount of time.
I can understand her distrust. Considering she has gotten ill,you’d think they’d hold back on the teasing a bit. Like a lot.
Frankly, I’ve never approved of making kids eat things they don’t want to. Adults have a weird sense of entitlement about being picking and then strong arming children into eating stuff they don’t want to.
Asking them to try something is perfectly fine. Demanding isn’t. When I went to pre-k, they had a rule you had to at least “try” everything on your plate.
Being a broke ass school, the only fruit they served was pineapple. I tried it, I hated it, they made me “try” it every day. To this day, anything pineapple makes me vomit.
Actually it’s important adults DO make kids eat things they don’t want to. But it has to be done intelligently and for good reasons. For example: It’s up to us to ensure they have a healthy diet.
But the things is, a healthy diet can be assembled in multiple way. A smart adult will find the variation that the kid at least doesn’t HATE
It’s a parent’s job to make sure children have a healthy diet, that doesn’t mean they have to force them to eat anything they don’t like. As a kid growing up, I like apples and pears, all sorts of fruits, but I was forced to eat that fucking pineapple. I like several kinds of vegetables, but I detested cauliflower, big surprise what my Mother usually served with dinner.
Anyways, I can’t see any good reason to force Selkie to try tea if she doesn’t want to. And that smug look on Todd’s face makes me wish a hammer fell on his head.
As someone who used to be forced to eat vegetables, which not only did (and still do) taste terrible to me–but made me gag and occasionally throw up (which was called “just overreacting” by the surrounding adults) I agree with you almost 100%.
I do believe they could go about this much better (having her help make it, letting her watch them drink it, making her curious and willing to try it rather than forcing her) but I also think that helping her realize that she CAN eat certain plant-based things without basically poisoning herself is important.
So like 99.9% agreement here.
There’s a difference between making a kid try a food once or twice and making them try it every day.
If it weren’t for adults making children eat things they don’t want to–we would all be eating candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
((That said it seems the adults in your life went too far. There is a difference between disliking something and becoming physically sick from it))
I prefer three types of tea, black tea for the morning, green tea in the afternoon, and Chamomile tea at bed time.
No, Selkie. *Smoothies* are liquid plants. This is leftover water from boiled plants. 🙂
Somehow I’m reminded of those “liquid gold” commercials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-cSU-QDan8
Eyes up front, Todd XD I see where you’re lookin’ >:3
…at Selkie’s head? You high?
i think Saokara was talking about panel one, not panel four…
Tea isn’t liquid plants, it’s boiled plants!
Hopefully Selkie will come to associate tea with something happy (Tai Li’s birthday) and grow to like it—rather than as something bad (punishment for misbehaving earlier) and come to hate it
At least since the tea tasting is being done at Dr. Pohl’s house Selkie will (at least logically) know that she won’t be “poisoned” from the “food/drink experiments”—like the beginning of Selkie’s orphanage days
It might help if Selkie can see Pohl and/or Sai Fen drink the tea first, to see that it really is okay. Many young children are uncomfortable with anything unfamiliar, so seeing their parents or siblings or someone close to them being fine-and maybe even liking it!-makes the kid more open to trying it for themselves.
Since Selkie is the proud, competitive type–one way to get her to drink the tea would be if Suko drank it in front of her! (he might be more accustomed to it from his upbringing)
If a mere two year old Suko can do it–then eight year old Selkie can too!
Just noticed how Sai Fen is really dripping, soaking, wet but ONLY on her upper half, to the point that the lower half of her shirt is completely dry. Todd is totally not paying attention but if he was, it seems like that would be very suspicious. Sai Fen is STILL swimming in the undertow. 😀