At the dinner table, what children eat is very different from what adults eat. Adults like to have a variety of foods on the table and taste each one. But children are different. Children sometimes eat just one thing and then nothing else. Sometimes children like to eat meat and grab it, and then they may not eat for a day or even two days. Adults start to worry and try to get the child to eat it, and sometimes the child eats it to comfort the adult and ends up with indigestion, fever and tonsillitis. Think of a tiger in the forest, always not eating for days after a meal of meat, only drinking water and hunting for food only when hungry. I believe that a child’s intestines are definitely not as good as a tiger’s. Why not let the child digest the meat? ———— from Sun Rui Xue’s “Love and Freedom” Long observation has taught me that children’s bodies are aware of hunger and satiety, and can self-regulate, adjusting their diet structure through their own senses. Therefore, I often put different foods on the table and let children choose —- themselves when to eat and what to eat. Don’t be like the children who say, “How hard we work, we have to eat and sleep.” ———— from Sun Rui Xue’s “Love and Freedom