First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
The treats of childhood retain a special power. As a child, I was rarely allowed to drink soda or to buy a book instead of checking it out from the library. What do I do now, with abandon? Drink diet soda and buy books (the book-buying treat is wholly separate from the library-visiting treat). So perhaps we parents need to think hard about what we
... See moreGretchen Rubin • Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life
avoiding or overcoming bad habits requires understanding, not mandatory avoidance. For example, to avoid overeating cookies, you have to understand that cookies can be delightful with tea after dinner but don’t satisfy hunger enough to substitute for a real meal. To discover this about cookies, you need to try them out.
Aaron Stupple • The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents
"Disliking the taste of our first drinks helps us become stuck. If the first drink tasted amazing, we would be more cautious. Since those early drinks aren’t very good, we throw caution to the wind. After all, how could we become addicted to something we don’t like?"
from "This Naked Mind by Annie Grace