Parents like to force their kids to clean their plate even though they e full.. Is it bad?
First of all, not all parents do this. Second of all, the goal here ISN’T to force feed their kids a ton of food. It’s to train them on such things as obtaining food in reasonable portions in the first place and not to waste it. A child who learns that they must eat what is on their plate soon learns to get reasonable portions in the first place AND not to otherwise waste the food. When I was growing up, I was required to eat something of everything that was prepared. And whatever I put on my plate was expected to be eaten. If I put too much on my plate because I REALLY liked something, then I learned that starting out with a smaller portion was wiser and I could always go back for seconds. And desert was something that one could have ONLY if one cleaned his plate first. If you’re hungry enough for disert, then you’re hungry enough not to waste the good food that comes before it. Food, in healthy portions, is necessary. And my parents didn’t have a lot of money to waste by throwing goo
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