Does anyone understand why people use television and cell phones to trick their very small children into eating? Isn’t it clear that learning to stuff yourself mindlessly with food in front of a screen is pretty much the worst eating practice anybody could imagine?
The likelihood that a toddler is going to starve in front of huge quantities of food is nil. So why the rush to force tiny tots to eat? They obviously know their nutritional needs better than adults who live in a world of dieting, overeating, eating disorders, obesity, and diseased body images.
I’m one of those children whom everybody tried to entice into eating throughout my childhood. And telling me stories to distract me and stealthily stick food into my mouth was the preferred strategy. The result? I can’t eat without reading something mindlessly and end up overeating massively and becoming overweight. This is the only result that can be achieved by breaking a child’s natural mechanism of regulating his or her food intake and replacing it with a dysfunctional mechanism beloved by controlling adults.
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It’s all about getting the kid to eat when you want them to so you’re not spending hours feeding them one meal, as I understand it.
I can’t tell you how many mothers I’ve seen running after their toddlers with a plate of food. I never understood that since I figure if you’re hungry enough you’ll give your full attention to eating, but what do I know?
The stories I could tell….
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Another huge problem here is that this child is a girl. Who is already being taught that her needs and wishes do not determine what gets inside her body.
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I am sure it is not an ideal situation to feed the child watching TV but if you are working parents and have only 30 minutes in the morning to feed breakfast and go to work, you will do anything to make your baby eat.
As I mentioned in my post, it is not every day she watches TV and eats. She is a very active child and I see no problem at all in her eating habit. We spend loads more time actively interacting with her. I am sure gender has nothing to do in this situation.
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