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Completely unrelated but since you are asking about teaching methods. My father did this regarding food. If eventually it turns out my sister and me didn't like
by paulie_a 8y ago
Completely unrelated but since you are asking about teaching methods. My father did this regarding food. If eventually it turns out my sister and me didn't like a particular thing recipes were adjusted.
But to make us kids at least try, if we didn't finish our meals or we're being picky. He would put the plate on the counter and make us stand there until we finished. It was effective. It wasn't cruel, it was simply a method of making sure I finished my meal and tried new things. A solid balance in my opinion.
- sandworm101 8y ago>> method of making sure I finished my meal That approach has been linked to the obesity crisis. MacDonalds knows all about it, the need to finish what is given to you regardless of whether you are still hungry. They observe the lengths customers go to get that last fry at the bottom of the container. We should at least consider teaching kids today to not eat everything on the plate every time. Perhaps they should learn to stop on their own.
- majewsky 8y agoCome to think of it, that may explain some of my serving sizes. When I eat at Subway, I always take the 6" size and it satiates me. When I eat a pizza, I eat the whole thing and I'm not satiated before I've finished it, even though it's vastly more filling than a 6" sub.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoDo like the Japanese, stop when you feel 80% full, let the brain catch on the the fact that you Are no longer hungry.
- headsoup 8y agoWhat if I feel 84% full?
- benj111 8y agoYou're getting down voted, but you make a good point. I'm not sure what 80% full is either? Is it satiated rather than full?
- de_watcher 8y agoThere is a known trick to get these 4% out.
- churningrape 8y agoGetting rid of those four percent is called turning Japanese. Four percent less? I really think so.
- fiter 8y agoI recommend finishing your plate but then adjusting the timing/size of your next meal according to hunger.
- paulie_a 8y agoThe approach was to serve a reasonable amount of food. But the intent was to force me to try new things when I was simply being a picky eater. If I didnt like a particular thing after two or three meals, fair enough. It wasn't meant to force me to gorge myself, it was meant to force variety and it worked. If I ate 80-90 percent and said I was full that was fine. When I was simply being picky because it was new, that's where that tactic came into play.