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...children are keenly attuned to how many calories they need to grow and maintain a normal weight; they know when they are hungry and when they are full. But most kids quit listening to those internal cues by the time they reach school age. The reason? Parents, says Leann Birch, a psychologist at Penn State University. "There are things parents do with the best of intentions that turn out to be counterproductive," she says. A familiar example: insisting that children clean their plate, a rule that can teach kids to eat when they are not hungry...
...like to eat. Kids are born with a sweet tooth and a salty one, but they have to learn to enjoy other tastes. They often need repeated introductions to such healthy fare as beans and other veggies. Using dessert to bribe kids into eating nutritious food can backfire, says Birch. "If kids are given one food as a reward, they will learn to prefer that food," she says--and they will learn to feed the vegetables...
...better technique is to put several items on the plate and get kids to try a bite of each. Birch also recommends that parents learn to serve appropriate portions (two sites that provide excellent guidelines: www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines and www.cspinet.org/kids/index.html) Parents should limit the amount of treats and junk food in the house, she says, including soda and fruit juice. Restricting access to a pantry full of fatty snacks and sweet drinks can make forbidden foods seem all the more desirable...
...GHOST WORLD An Amelie with attitude, teen Enid (the frighteningly assured Thora Birch) adopts orphan things and people in order to make fun of them. This daringly undarling comedy, from director Terry Zwigoff and comix writer Daniel Clowes, shows just how furtive and morose an ordeal growing up can be. It's a Heathers for the 9/11 Generation...
...Ghost World An Amélie with attitude, teen Enid (the frighteningly assured Thora Birch) adopts orphan things and people in order to make fun of them. This daringly undarling comedy, from director Terry Zwigoff and comix writer Daniel Clowes, shows just how furtive and morose an ordeal growing up can be. It's a Heathers for the 9/11 Generation...