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Mother said, "Eat Your Vegetables!" Young Sik Kim from Korea Photo: Sandy Peters I didn't like vegetables, like most children. But if I took some vegetables off my plate, my mother would say, "Don't do that. When I was a child, my family was big. Our house was in the countryside, so my mother and my grandmother always planted many kinds of vegetables in our yard. At that time, meat was a little expensive, and we didn't have enough money to eat it everyday, so if meat was on the table for dinner, it was a special dinner. We used to eat rice, many kinds of soup, kim chi, and other side dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Every meal was the same. I used to like sweet food, and I didn't like vegetables, like most children. But if I took some vegetables off my plate, my mother would say, "Don't do that. You can't eat the meal without vegetables. If you really don't want this meal because of the vegetables, don't eat dinner." I didn't have any choice. I had to eat vegetables. However, I really craved sweet food like chocolate and ice cream, so I used to thy to buy them, but I could never buy enough because she didn't give me enough spending money. Fortunately, I like vegetable and all kinds of fruit very much now. More about Mothers' Eating Advice: Interviews: What Mother Said to Eat Mother said, "No more chocolate!" | Mother said, "No More Peanuts!" Return to: Mother's Eating Advice: Issue 12 | Home Page  TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2007 - Sandy and Thomas Peters - topics.mag@gmail.com