When feeding your face
As you put a forkfull into your mouth do you ever think about the starving children in Africa
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
That kind of talk by mothers to make the children feel guilty and then they eat everything on their plate to please the mother is not a healthy thing to get into the habit of doing. They can grow into adults who overeat because they don’t want to waste food, not that it would hurt or benefit the starving in Africa.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@CestManan when I was little it was “there are starving children in India” and later on mothers would say “There are starving children in Bangladesh”. Then later Africa. Nobody ever said there are starving children in Haiti (closer to home).
CestManan · 46-50, F
@cherokeepatti Parents always say that when dinner is something gross though. Lemme tell you a brief story -
One time our dad was acting like a jackass cause my sister and I did not want to eat whatever grossness was for dinner. Our dad says, "A starving kid would take a knife and kill you for this food and he would be happy to eat it!"
My knee-jerk thought was, "Yeah until he tasted how nasty this stuff is." but I didn't say anything.
One time our dad was acting like a jackass cause my sister and I did not want to eat whatever grossness was for dinner. Our dad says, "A starving kid would take a knife and kill you for this food and he would be happy to eat it!"
My knee-jerk thought was, "Yeah until he tasted how nasty this stuff is." but I didn't say anything.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@CestManan My aunt made fried chicken livers and told me to stick out my tongue, she put a piece on my tongue and told me to chew it. My tongue came straight back out and I yelled “Dirty Meat!” I was about 3 years old.