Latisha, two and a half years old, is eating dinner with her family. She picks all the peas out of her macaroni and cheese and sets them on the edge of her plate. She eats her macaroni and cheese and part of a carrot stick. She eats one bite of her applesauce. Latisha's mother praises her for trying her apple sauce. Latisha's grandfather says Latisha should sit at the table until she eats some of her peas. Latisha's father wonders why Latisha's mother even gave the child peas. Latisha's grandmother says Latisha might eat the peas if she can pretend the fork is a choo-choo train. Whose attitude toward discipline matches that of child-care experts?
the mother
the grandmother
the father
the grandfather