People in China attach importance to eating. Parents love their children, especially in eating. The first is to let children eat more, indiscriminately and hard-feed, as long as children eat more, since ancient times. China's parents breast-fed their children, chewed them in their mouths when they were young, and then fed them to their babies. When you are older, feed a spoonful; Finally, a chopstick and a chopstick feed. I often see grandma holding a bowl, chasing her grandson and shouting for a bite of rice everywhere. The maximum age for feeding children can reach eleven. Even now, most parents will use even one hour at noon to cross the ocean and go home to cook lunch for their children. Of course, besides eating more, we should eat well. Parents can go hungry, but there must be no less meat in their children's bowls. Parents are sweeter than honey when they can watch their children smack their lips and enjoy themselves.
American parents are also very concerned about their children's diet for a day, but compared with China's parents, it is a far cry from each other. Americans never force their children to eat more, let alone give them bird's nest, because adults don't eat it either. American families with high education will take the initiative to supplement calcium for their children, and they are also forbidden to drink soft drinks such as Coca-Cola and eat sugar. The difference is that American children start to eat by themselves from the day they can hold a spoon, and even if they cover their faces, their parents will not care. Moreover, since the first grade of primary school, American children have lunch at school every noon, and no parents will go home to cook for their children. Students from poor families can now have free lunch at school. What children want to eat at school and what they don't want to eat are all decided by themselves, and parents can't see or know. Middle-class children bring food to school, mostly a sandwich, a bottle of juice and a dessert. Parents don't know anything about how children eat, how much they eat and how much they throw away.
When American families eat, it is up to them to decide how many dishes to put on the table, what children like to eat and what they don't like to eat. American parents treat their children equally and respect their personal wishes. In fact, almost all American children don't like to eat green vegetables. Some American parents will let their children eat some. If they insist on not eating, they won't eat. Although American parents know the nutritional value of green vegetables, they will never force their children to eat them. When American children eat, they can immediately put down their knives and forks, or even leave the table when they are full. American parents will not trick their children into eating more eloquently, saying that they will leave the table when they are full.
The attitude and practice of Americans in eating embodies a core goal of American children's education: to cultivate children's independent thinking ability. Children must decide for themselves what they like to eat, what they don't like to eat, or whether they are full. If he doesn't have enough to eat, but doesn't eat for fun, then he will starve to death after a while, which deserves it, because it is his own choice. He must bear the consequences, really taste the pain, and won't make the same mistake next time. Americans love to say that making mistakes is an indispensable learning process, and children's pedagogy pays special attention to this understanding. American parents believe that children's lives are their own, and children can only live their own independent lives now and in the future. Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate children's ability to live independently as soon as possible. On the contrary, parents in China think that their children are young, lack of life experience and have no ability to make correct choices, so parents must make decisions for their children. For example, children don't like to eat green vegetables, so adults will definitely force them to eat; Children only eat a bowl of rice, and adults must force them to eat more.
In these two different living environments, American children may inevitably go hungry often, while China children are full from morning till night. Because American children don't eat green vegetables, they have to rely on vitamins to supplement their nutrition. Children in China have eaten enough nutrition in rice, and all they need is bird's nest and ginseng. American children know from an early age that they should decide what they want and what they don't want, whether they are hungry or full; Children in China know from an early age that adults know more than children, so they should listen to them everywhere. American children can say whatever they want when they are young. If they don't want to eat, they say they are full. They have full confidence and can gain the trust of their parents. Children in China know from an early age that what they say will not be trusted, and they have to wait for orders from adults. Please adults every day. Say it's delicious if you don't like it. Say you want to eat when you are full.
No matter what children eat and whether they are full or not, American parents strictly discipline their children's eating habits. When eating, Americans are not allowed to pick up a plate and put it to their mouth, chew it with their mouth open and then their lips creak, not to suck noodles, porridge or other liquids loudly, not to mumble with their mouths full, and never to spit out what they have put into their mouths. From an early age, children are trained to peel ribs with knives and forks, chicken, duck, fish and shrimp, and only fork meat or shrimp. And when peeling meat and bones, they can't cut out the sound on the porcelain plate. As soon as they hit the plate, parents will stare, and the child must apologize quickly.
American children pay attention to etiquette and respect others when they grow up; Children in China pay attention to themselves and their desires when they grow up.
Eating affects people's life!