What do/did your parents force you into?

[Sharon]

My mum suggested law career to me and always said she would want me to be one but if I were to say no she would never over rule that, I would have picked it myself anyway.

They signed me up for Chinese school which was on Sundays when I was like 9/10 but I went twice and decided I didn't want to go anymore, they paid a lot for it as well but just let me decide for myself if I wanted to go or not. Now I do wish I went because I didn't realise how much it would benefit me to be able to write/read and speak fluent Chinese

[lRhyss]

Swimming lessons, afterschool football etc...

But things like that were kind of needed/used to keep me active, so I don't know whether to count them or not.

I would never let my mom have any influence in what I wanted to do subject wise, it's not her taking the classes afterall.

[AgnesIO]

Why not?

If you don't like something, you don't like it. You should never be forced to eat something you don't like..

Same as if you're full, you're full. You shouldn't have to finish everything that's on your plate if you can't manage to eat any more.

The issue is that if children grow up with the delights of sugary junk, they will adapt to eating that and therefore not like 'healthy' options. This is essentially how the fast food world operates.

As I say below, the issue is therefore that too much is put on the plate to start with. You shouldn't waste food.

Whilst I see your point, one of the problems with overeating in the western world is because we feel compelled to eat everything on our plates even if it's too much. I think they did an experiment with one group of people being blindfolded whilst they eat and another group not on Embarrassing Bodies. The blindfolded group ate less than half of what the group with sight did!

Unless you mean refusing to eat vegetables/only eating chips, children should be taught to eat healthily. But there's a difference between not eating any vegetables and actually not being able to swallow courgettes (me).

Perhaps the true issue in the West is that people put too much on their plates to start with. It is wrong to think of this as a Western world thing anyway; it is far more rude to not finish what is on your plate in a lot of Asian countries than it is in any Western country. And then you get onto the issue of waste; you shouldn't take what you do not think you will eat due to the waste that this creates.

[Jurv]

never been forced to do anything i don't think, my parents have always encourgaed me to make my own decisions

[.:TaylorSwift:]

Swimming was something I was forced into learning. Going to church. Attend every running thing my elementary school made us do.


Sent from my using Tapatalk