APPETITE OF CHILDREN
» BY A PHYSICIAN
In the, ease of the timid child it is a good plan to stimulate the natural curiosity, which is inborn. When a new type of food is to be tried leave him ' alone beside the. plate, and soon you will see him put in an exploring finger and carry/this to his mouth. Curiosity has won the first half of the battle,' and if there has been a long ■ enough interval since his last meal hunger will do the rest. " Table manners " can easily be learned after the other difficulties have been got over. Suggestion is another powerful stimulant or deterrent with children when food is concerned. Tiny "helpings" often create a desire for the " more " which will bring the meal up to the) required healthy standard. .Remarks about some dish being new and wondering will the child like it, or saying he can leave, it if he does not, simply' Suggests to him the idea of criticising it, when otherwise, if normal, he would never have thought about disliking the new food. The child who will not eat must bo gently handled, but if this is done sympathetically, and with a sincere attempt at real understanding, than the problem should soon be satisfactorily solved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 7 (Supplement)
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210APPETITE OF CHILDREN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 7 (Supplement)
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