Children are responsible for how much and even whether they eat. Introduction For the young child, eating and feeding is central to his or her relationship with the world.
Hunger is a powerful and potentially painful drive.
If on the other hand, a parent is slow or inconsistent when responding to a baby's hunger, he or she can feel anxious and desperate when hungry. This can carry into adulthood if not corrected. Struggles over Feeding Most struggles over feeding grow out of concern for the child and bad advice. Parents are often encouraged to overrule information from their children, and impose certain foods, or amounts of food, or feeding schedules. Whenever you impose rigid expectations, feeding will be distorted.