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“Force-feeding is a crime of passion, driven by a parent’s desire to see a child eat; as with other crimes of passion, the perpetrator has lost sight of the loved one’s autonomy.”

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Book:First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

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“The true objective is independence: for a child to reach the point where they can regulate their own intake of food and to choose the things that will do them good while giving them pleasure. Weaning them off milk is one thing. But the real task for a parent is to wean children off needing you.”

Food Eating Feeding Food Writing

Book:First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

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“I bade good morrow, And thought to leave her far away behind; But cheerly, cheerly, She loves me dearly; She is so constant to me, and so kind. - To Sorrow”

Poetry Sorrow

Book:The Complete Poems

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“Next time you sit down to eat, imagine you are an ideal parent feeding a beloved child. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could offer yourself food in a warm, structured, no-fuss kind of way? You wouldn’t punish yourself with crash diets nor would you allow yourself too much junk. Your priority when choosing food would be to see yourself well nourished and you’d choose meals to keep your mood on an even keel. You’d want yourself to enjoy eating. The pantry would be stocked with good food and you would trust yourself to choose wisely from its contents.”

Children Food Feeding Food Writing

Book:First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

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“The problem with lunchboxes is the problem with the way we feed children in general. Parents trust that anything they place in this magical box will be good for the child, because it comes with their love.”

Children Food Lunch Lunchbox

Book:First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

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“Each bite that you see the other person take reinforces your liking. Or not: it is hard to sit calmly by and carry on eating if you share a table with someone who is grumbling that peas are ‘gross’ and pinging them at you with a knife.”

Food Eating Food Writing

Book:First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

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“Inequality among siblings goes all the way to the gut: we are born with different microbes inside us, outnumbering our cells ten to one. Some of them affect our chances of becoming obese in later life and others affect how well we digest our dinner. What we eat is constantly changing the composition of our microbiota, but, equally, the nature of the microbes inside us determines how well we respond to the food we eat.”

Food Siblings Food Writing

Book:First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

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“When fairy-tale children seek their fortune, food is the main thing they’re after.”

Food Fortune Fairytale Food Writing

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“Our childhood experiences with food can trap us in destructive patterns for the rest of our lives.”

Childhood Food Memory Food Writing

Book:First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

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“Like so many of the things parents do out of loving solicitude, putting pressure on girls to lose weight has no good outcomes and a lot of bad ones.”

Childhood Food Parents Food Writing

Book:First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

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