I don't approve of this kind of education, I don't think it's appropriate. In fact, there are many other ways to teach children to save food. For example, the following:

1. Let your children know that food is not easy to come by. Children who waste food often don't realize how much time and labor goes into producing it.

It takes more than 3,000 hours for a grain of rice to reach the table. Ground preparation, seedling raising, rice planting, weeding, pest control, fertilization, irrigation and drainage, any one of which requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and then when the harvest season comes, it has to go through the steps of harvesting, drying, hulling, de-husked, de-pulverized rice, and lifting and storing it, and then finally packaged up and sent to people's tables.

It is recommended that parents take their children to rural areas or food production bases on holidays, so that they can see how farmers sow seeds, hoe, fertilize and water, and also let them feel the hard work of doing farm work, and really experience the pain of "all the grain is hard".

Additionally, it is important to consciously cultivate the child's gratitude, so that he understands that there are many children in poor places in the world who are still struggling with hunger, and that we should be thankful for the life we have every day and be able to cherish it.

2. Stop your child from wasting food. Cultivating any good habit starts with the little things, and saving food is no exception. It is important to set up rules so that children do not have the opportunity to waste food. The habit of wasting is slowly developed, usually when the child does not eat the food in the bowl during meals, if the parents turn a blind eye or just pour it out, the child will become accustomed to it and slowly turn wasting into a habit.

So parents and children in advance to develop a good dining table rules, one is based on the child's needs to feast, the older children can let him decide how much to feast, the second is the bowl of rice to eat clean, not eaten can not be easily poured, if there is a waste of need to accept a certain amount of punishment. Let the child know the feeling of hunger, know the sweetness of food, feel the hard-won food, food conservation awareness in the silent nurtured.

3. Parents should lead by example. Parents are the first teacher of the child is also the best role model, should be in the usual life of the child in a good example of diligence and thrift. Requirements for children to do their own first thing to do, at home when eating to take the lead in the implementation of the "CD-ROM action"; with the children out to eat, parents should be reasonable consumption, moderation of food orders, really can not eat all the meals can be packed to take home; with the children to eat a buffet, we must give the children to speak to the dining etiquette, require the children to eat as much as the number of take much, don't let the children get into the habit of wasting. Children develop the habit of wasting money. Life is education, in the parents' words and deeds of influence and education, the child will naturally develop a good habit of saving food.

4. Read to educate your children about saving food. Many children's books, including vivid picture books, have content about saving and not wasting, so parents can take their children to read them together, so that they can understand the reason for thrift and frugality. You can also teach your child to read some catchy children's songs or poems about saving money, so that he or she can develop the awareness and habit of saving food in a subtle way. The first thing you need to do is to think about how hard it is to come by, and how much you have to do to save food!