Ellyn Satter

“Your job as a parent is not to make your child's way smooth, but rather to help her develop inner resources so she can cope.”
― Ellyn Satter, Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense

“Wesley remembered his mother as a horrible cook who would load up his plate with food he loathed and insist he eat it all—or else. He did. In the process, Wesley learned to put himself on automatic pilot when he ate. He tuned out his sensations of hunger, fullness, and pleasure—and, as much as he could, his discomfort with feeling stuffed—and simply got the food down. Through no fault of his own, Wesley’s chronic overeating made him fat as a child and fat as an adult. When he grew up, he tried to stop overeating and turned instead to dieting. Over and over, he restricted his food intake and forced his weight down, only to give up the diet and gain the weight back—almost without exception to a higher level.”
― Ellyn Satter, Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook