Earlier today I attended a women’s conference where, for a laugh, we were shown a video where a cake was left in front of children and they were told they weren’t allowed to eat it. This helps to teach them self control and to be more aware of themselves.
I’m not going to lie, at first their reactions were funny but after a while I started to realise just how crazy this is. These kids would have been no older than 5 (and coincidentally all girls) and they were told to practise self control. To see who gave in and ate cake, or who didn’t. As though eating cake is a “bad” thing. Why is cake deemed “bad”? And why are we teaching young kids that?
It scares me to think about how society warps perspective. Do eat this because it’s “good”, don’t eat that because it’s “bad”. What is that doing to young impressionable children and the way they view themselves and food? It’s so ingrained in our minds that no one ever argues with it, or considers changing it.
Let’s give society’s views the middle finger. If you want cake, just eat the damn cake, it’s not going to kill you.
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