If children are allowed to turn foods down, they're not forced to eat, and they're given choices, they will come to choose good foods, know when they're hungry and when they're not, and actually learn to listen to their bodies and know what they need.
This is such a departure from tradition in our culture that it seems altogether wrong, at first.
photo by Sandra Dodd
of cream cheese, peanut butter and honey sandwich
with grapes and banana
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So true, my kids can eat ham for a few days straight, then bananas, nothing for two days and then a huge meal that will last forever! It's amazing to see how the body balances itself, if you let it do so without putting emotional issues about food or "educational" issues!
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