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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
One tip is that you are conditioned at an early age to eat a certain amount. When your mother puts too much on your plate, one gets psychologically conditioned to say, "this is what it takes, to satisfy my appetite".
Just my 2 cents worth.
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Or,the child gets conditioned to think, "This is what it takes to satisfy my mother." Another aspect of the problem of mothers overfeeding children is the control issue. "You will sit at the table till you finish this, because I say so."
Thus the child becomes accustomed to finishing everything on his plate. It's such a bad combination: overfilling the child's plate, not allowing him to discard some items if he doesn't like them, and then making him sit there till finished.
By the way, beagles lurking under the table like peas and lima beans... but not beets.