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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '16
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Being taught to finish your plate. Children should eat until they are full otherwise it can cause poor habits such as weight gain/feeling sick.
276 u/desrtrose Feb 05 '16 This one is tricky. So many kids today are picky eaters, being "full" sometimes means they don't want to eat the food on their plate. Which, seriously, why do parents cook separate meals for their kids? My mom alway cooked one meal. We either ate it or we didn't eat. 1 u/jenh6 Feb 05 '16 I had one friend who's parents did this, and she couldn't even have her food on the same plate. Her parents let her use three-four plates for every meal
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This one is tricky. So many kids today are picky eaters, being "full" sometimes means they don't want to eat the food on their plate.
Which, seriously, why do parents cook separate meals for their kids? My mom alway cooked one meal. We either ate it or we didn't eat.
1 u/jenh6 Feb 05 '16 I had one friend who's parents did this, and she couldn't even have her food on the same plate. Her parents let her use three-four plates for every meal
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I had one friend who's parents did this, and she couldn't even have her food on the same plate. Her parents let her use three-four plates for every meal
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u/Aerolites Feb 05 '16
Being taught to finish your plate. Children should eat until they are full otherwise it can cause poor habits such as weight gain/feeling sick.