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Mother said, "No more chocolate!" Xiao Qing Wang (Sylvia) from Hong Kong Photo: Sandy Peters At that time, I also loved chocolate with peanuts. Sometimes, I ate it as my lunch or breakfast. My mother was very angry about that, so sometimes she hid the chocolate. I remember that when I was a child, usually my father was more soft-hearted; he would let me eat anything I wanted. But my mother was stricter. She always checked my meals because I was the only girl in the big family. Every time she cooked, she prepared two dishes of healthy food such as green vegetables and beans, then two dishes of meat and fish, and one bowl of soup. I loved chicken, so if the meal had no chicken, I didn't eat too much. At that time, my mother started to give me her advice about health. Now I think what she said was right, and I also tell my kids that now. I think I am lucky she understood nutrition at that time because there were not too many people who did when I was a child. As a child, we don't always realize that parents tell us what to do out of love. At that time, I also loved chocolate with peanuts. Sometimes, I ate it as my lunch or breakfast. My mother was very angry about that, so sometimes she hid the chocolate, but I wondered why she bought it if she didn't want me to eat it. So, when she was out, I tried my best to find the chocolate and eat it. Of course, I ate it quickly, so when she got back, she wouldn't see me eating it. She was really happy because she thought I wasn't eating it, so she bought me more toys. But she got very angry one day when she found out the chocolates were gone. After that day, she never bought chocolate again. But things have changed, now that I have grown up, married, and left home. Every time I go to my parents' house, my mother always cooks a lot of chicken, pork, and fish instead of vegetables. She like to sit down to watch me eating. The more I eat, the happier she is. I think that Mother will always be Mother, but I know whatever she does always means love! More about Mothers' Eating Advice: Interviews: What Mother Said to Eat Mother said, "No more Peanuts!" | Mother said, "Eat your vegetables!" Return to: Issue 12 | Home Page  TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2007 - Sandy and Thomas Peters - topics.mag@gmail.com