In 2018, there was a media report on such a news, which attracted the attention of many netizens.
WenWen (pseudonym), a 19-year-old girl from Hubei, has liked to drink carbonated drinks since she was a child, but due to strict parental control, she has been afraid to drink more.
In 2016, Wenwen came to Wuhan to go to college, and after losing her parents' constraints, she began to indulge in various "happy waters" and drank 3-4 bottles every day.
At the beginning, the roommates also expressed their envy, saying that Wenwen "how to drink is not fat", as a result, more than 1 year passed, the original peugeot Wenwen, full of teeth were "dissolved", not only began to turn yellow and black, two front teeth have been a large area of caries rotten rot, diagnosed, she suffered from acid erosion and chronic pulpitis.
In real life, when it comes to snacks, many parents will smell the discoloration and worry that "children have no heart to eat after eating snacks" "snacks are full of additives, which are not good for children's physical development", so they oppose children eating all snacks and carry out strict "high-pressure management".
However, the girl Wenwen's encounter may have sounded the alarm for these parents, blindly forbidding their children to eat snacks, is it really a good thing?
Completely forbidding children to eat snacks can have serious consequences
There is an effect in psychology called the "Pandora Effect", also known as the "Forbidden Fruit Effect", which means that some things will attract people's attention more because they are banned.
Like the forbidden fruit of the "tree of knowledge of good and evil" in the Garden of Eden in the Bible, god's repression aroused the curiosity of Adam and Eve, and finally he was tempted by the serpent to "steal the forbidden fruit."
And children eat snacks is actually the same, we completely prohibit, but will arouse children's curiosity, rebelliousness, and the last shot is out of control.
Before watching the variety show "Mama is Superman", I was very impressed by the clip of the children eating snacks.
Da Linzi's grandmother's expression is always "fierce", and he is very strict about eating snacks, and most of the snacks on the basic market are classified as "junk food" by grandma.
Although on the surface Da Linzi "respects and stays away" from snacks, but when his grandmother is not there, he often steals food, once his mother and grandmother went out, he took out potato chips to steal, half of the food was afraid of being found by his grandmother, actually hid in the garbage can, after a while he wanted to eat it and took it out to eat.
When Grandma found out, he quickly explained that "eat a few pieces and throw it away, I don't like to eat too much", while saying and trying to pretend to be indifferent, but he seemed particularly panicked.
Similar to the performance of Wenwen and Da Linzi, in fact, many times the parents stop their children from eating snacks, it is equivalent to giving children a hint: snacks are delicious, and there is nothing better in the world.
So the more parents stop it, the more eager the children are for snacks, some children turn to "underground workers", sneakily "feasting", and some children are suppressed until they grow up, and when they have free money, they completely "grow wildly", and become unscrupulous in eating snacks, and they are more deeply affected.
Children eat snacks, in fact, is a physiological need
Unlike many parents' imagination, in fact, children eating snacks is not a bad thing in itself, but a "physiological need".
When a child is born, the stomach capacity is only the size of a "cherry", and the stomach capacity is only 500ml at the age of 2, while the stomach capacity of adults can reach 1000-1500ml, and even more.
Therefore, the child's stomach is originally small, and it is at the peak of growth and development, and the energy intake of three meals a day cannot meet the body consumption, so it is natural to add meals through "snacks".
The World Health Organization has recommended that children after the age of 1 should maintain 3-4 meals a day, if the child has needs, they can eat some small snacks appropriately in the middle to ensure the continuous supply of energy.
Therefore, from the perspective of physical nutrition needs, it is not advisable to completely stop children from eating snacks, the key is to guide children to eat healthy and control the intake of snacks.
How to control my child's snacking?
1. Eat healthy
To put it simply, when we buy snacks for our babies, we should try to choose low-fat, low-salt, and low-sugar categories.
For example, cola, fried foods, fries, donuts, etc., are not suitable for children, and others such as cheese, dried fruits and vegetables, low-sugar yogurt, etc., are healthier choices.
In order to control children's snacking, we can always prepare some relatively healthy categories at home, which can not only meet children's needs for snacks, but also protect children's physical health.
2. Control the amount of food eaten
Although some snacks are indeed not healthy enough, but it is not realistic to completely prohibit children from eating, it is recommended that parents control the amount of food they eat, and "about three chapters of the law" before buying for their children, explain the health problems of such snacks, agree on how much to eat, eat several times, properly meet the child, and weaken the child's desire for snacks.
3. Avoid affecting the meal
Meals are fundamental to ensuring children's nutritional intake, although we allow children to eat some healthy snacks, but pay attention to the time of eating, to avoid affecting the meal.
For example, children can eat snacks at 2 p.m., but not at 4 o'clock, to prevent children from eating too much and affecting the amount of food eaten at the meal.
Old Miao Conclusion:
Snacks are not "flood beasts", and parents do not need to worry too much.
If we can guide our children to eat some healthy snacks and develop good eating habits, snacks can supplement the child's energy consumption and play a positive role.
Once parents completely forbid their children from eating snacks, it is likely to bring some bad consequences and have a negative impact on the healthy growth of children.
Today's topic: Do you usually forbid your children to eat snacks?
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