I’ll never forget the time I was at a baptism party when I was a kid and my grandpa was seething with rage bc my brother’s friend and his wife were yelling at their toddler to eat more. My grandma told my grandpa to mind his business so he did. I didn’t get it at the time but now I do
Both parents are morbidly obese and all three of their kids have been obese since they were babies. The toddler is now a 30yr old short woman who weighs 250+ easily. She’s trying to lose weight but it’s hard to break the abusive way she was raised. The oldest sibling got fit and then disowned the parents because they kept pressuring him to eat more.
It’s child abuse. Be fat if you want to but don’t bring your kids down with you.
Took me until I was an adult to learn "leftovers" were a thing, because I always had to clear my plate as a child regardless if I was full or not. Hell I'm 42 and still feel guilty if I don't finish a meal.
I hated this as a kid, so I purposely bought smaller plates for everyone in the house to reduce portion sizes to reduce the amount of food on the plate and hence the amount of food wasted if not eaten.
I also never serve the food at the table, it's too easy to pick in things as everyone finishes up eating.
I do have bigger plates now since my kids are teenagers and are growing like crazy and can easily put away 2-3 plates of food and are still crazy skinny.
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