Unhealthy Thinking Patterns You Need To Unlearn
- By
Julia Austin
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Eat for the kids who can’t
One way your parents may have gotten you to finish your food as a child was to remind you of all the hungry children around the world who would be so grateful to take it off your hands. “Past parenting emphasized cleaning your plate…Many parents motivated children to eat all of their food with stories of children starving or having nothing to eat,” says Dr. Jackson. And she conceded, “What parents like to feel like money is being wasted when food is thrown out?” But, this tool can also impact kids when they become adults.
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