As a parent, you have to allow your children to experiment. At dinner the other night, Shea decided to tell us all the things she would eat raw. Beef, chicken, pretty much any kind of birds, but not dogs or cats, or pretty much any other animal that could be deemed "cute."
Tracy and I were quizzing her back and forth when Tracy said, "Would you eat a raw egg?" Shea didn't have to think about it for long. She said, "Yes." I immediately got up from the kitchen table, got a raw egg out of the fridge, and held it up for her.
"You would eat this?" I asked.
"Yes," Shea said with absolute certainty.
"Do you want to eat it?"
"Yes," she said.
"If I crack this egg, then you have to eat it," I replied. Tracy sat there watching the give and take, nodding.
"Ok," Shea said. I cracked the egg.
This is what followed:
She was a trooper about the whole thing, not backing down from the challenge. I don't think she'll be asking for any raw eggs in the future, but I was proud of her for following through on her word. She did a great job.
Some people wouldn't feed their kid the raw egg. They'd worry about an uncooked egg making their kid sick, but what is life without a little risk. She wouldn't get that ill. Plus, it was pure comedy watching her choke that thing back. "I think I'm gonna barf" is my favorite part. I can't wait to show her this when she is in her teens.
Here's the final shot:
Shea needs a younger sibling so she can show him/her all of the neat tricks she's learning! And I love that she's concerned with the cleanliness of the fork as she's preparing to eat a raw, undisguised egg.
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