Sam brought home a library book today about Charles Atlas, the body builder who developed a program to help people get in shape in the 1960s. Growing up very skinny and often bullied in part due to his scrawny frame, he ended up devising his own exercises to bulk up and became the "World's Most Perfectly Developed Man." At the end of the book, it talked about how Charlie promoted more than just exercise. He was also committed to healthy eating, honesty and abstaining from drinking and tobacco.
When I read that, Sam's response was: "From now on, I'm going to give up drinking."
And Elena added, "Yeah. I'm just going to stick to that non-alcoholic stuff."
Of course they would choose to give up something they don't even use versus what I was hoping to hear: that they would give up candy and start eating more healthy food. That message apparently went in one ear and out the other. I guess the best I can hope for is that their enthusiasm to avoid alcohol will stick with them through high school and college.
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