Healthy Living
What’s For Breakfast?
A 5th grader use to come to school every morning with a tear streaked face.
She would not tell anyone why she was crying.
Every day getting out of her Mother’s car, she looked grieved and sad.
When the situation grew worse, and the girl stopped caring about her school work, I decided to see the mother to find out what was the problem.
Her mother looked at me in anger and frustration. “There is no problem. This is all about eggs. I work hard to buy food for this family and eggs are expensive. I have to MAKE her eat her eggs every morning!”
The mother went on to relate how she has to take extra time each morning forcing the child to eat the eggs on her plate.
I asked the Mother to think of a food that she hates more than any other food.
She answered "liver."
I wondered how she would feel if somebody forced her to eat a big piece of liver every morning.
She grew quiet, with a faraway look in her eyes.
“Oh.”
I explained that other foods would give her child the same nutrients as eggs would. Other foods that her child liked better.
The goal was to provide healthy food for the child, not to force her to eat a food that she disliked so much. We all are different, and have our likes and dislikes when it comes to food.
The next morning the girl got out of the car and skipped to the school door, her face beaming.
I asked what she had for breakfast.
She smiled happily, “German Chocolate Cake!”
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