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Physorg posted:
The 'clean plate club' may turn children into overeaters
"Finish your broccoli!" Although parents may have good intentions about forcing their kids to eat cold, mushy vegetables, this approach may backfire the very next day, according to new research from Cornell University.
"We found that the more controlling the parents were about telling their child to clean their plate, the more likely the kids, especially the boys, were to request larger portions of sweetened cereal at daycare," says lead author Brian Wansink at the keynote address of the Carolinas HealthCare System Obesity 2009 Conference in Charlotte, NC on Friday.
Researchers asked 63 mothers of preschool-age children the extent to which they tell their children to clean their plates at meals. The researchers then asked the children how many Fruit Loops they would like for their morning snack at day-care. Children were able to fill their bowl until they indicated they had received enough and the bowl of cereal was weighed.
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myxomatosis8  Title: amateur zookeeper
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Do you push your youngster to finish what is on their plate? |
To a certain point, yes. I know my kids well enough to know when they're just being fussy because they are trying to avoid eating something, or just being silly about things. When I even suspect they're actually full though, I will never push for them to eat more. They don't get any dessert either, though. Not if they were too full or fussy to finish the main meal.
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Do you push your youngster to finish what is on their plate? |
myxomatosis8 posted:
To a certain point, yes. I know my kids well enough to know when they're just being fussy because they are trying to avoid eating something, or just being silly about things. When I even suspect they're actually full though, I will never push for them to eat more. They don't get any dessert either, though. Not if they were too full or fussy to finish the main meal.
This is my answer, with the added provision that my son has to at least try a bite of everything that I've cooked (unless I already knew beforehand that he didn't like it, in which case there's not going to be any on his plate). If he's tried something on three or four occasions and still doesn't like it, I'm not going to push for him to keep eating it.
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myxomatosis8 Title: amateur zookeeper
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Same here Jennifer!! The eldest also has to at least try things once. I say once, of course, but she really has to have a bite every time. Her tastes have changed before, so I just figure it can happen again!
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Ah-Schoo  Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
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myxomatosis8 posted:
To a certain point, yes. I know my kids well enough to know when they're just being fussy because they are trying to avoid eating something, or just being silly about things. When I even suspect they're actually full though, I will never push for them to eat more. They don't get any dessert either, though. Not if they were too full or fussy to finish the main meal.
Pretty much. Except we rarely do dessert except on special occasions like birthdays/holidays or sometimes when guests are visiting.
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Varece Posts: 1,096
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No, but I never really had to, either.
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Silverwuf Title: Have trike will babble
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No, Aime has to try a bite of everything on her plate since her tastes change a lot at her young age. She is required to do a 'good job' on her meal in order to receive ANY treats or snacks later on. We tell her how many 'more' bites she has to eat to consider it a good job but she knows that if she doesn't meet minimum requirements, don't bother asking for anything later on.
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Gaevren Title: Wat do?
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Never!
We also have the "one bite of everything" rule, unless it is something I know they don't like (and they occasionally have to re-try things, since tastes change). Another rule is that you don't get anything to eat except what is being served. I'm not a short order cook, so if you don't like it, tough cookies 
They also don't get anything additional until they've finished what's on their plate. Why should I give them more food when they haven't finished what they've got?
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Sarena_WE  Title: Glambert Extraordinaire
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No my dad pulled that crap and I swear it is the reason I had an eating disorder in HS.
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Makaena Title: supermom & fixer of scraped knees
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it all depends. Its not more to finish the plate, its to eat. if she hasn't eaten atleast 1/2 of whats on her plate then yes I will push her to eat. If its over half then i will ask her a few times to eat then she gets let down.
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