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CMV: Telling your kids to think about starving children so they would treasure their food doesn't make sense.

When I was young, my mother would always tell me to cherish my food at the dinner table, and when I disliked it and stopped eating midway she would tell me to think of the poor children and families in Africa with nothing to dress and nothing to eat. Therefore, I shouldn't be wasting my food.

While I can get behind the virtues of treasuring resources and not burdening the environment with leftovers that comes with eating the morsel in front of me, I couldn't quite wrap my head behind the notion that my actions would affect those who suffer from poorer conditions. For one if I ditch my food, I won't turn into a starving child, so I don't need to know about the ramifications of such. Also, even if I eat my food, I won't be helping them either, so what's the point of bring them up?

So the main reason for that is to elicit sympathy. But how does my sympathy relate to what I'm chided for? I sympathise with the starving children, so that's why I shouldn't waste my food? There seems to be a missing link here, something I still couldn't resolve after nearly a decade of pondering.

I'm open to deltas, so tell me what I think wrong in a civil manner. Thank you!
gpt
I think you’re missing the point. It’s not that you’re directly taking from them or helping them, it’s just to teach us to be grateful for what we have and basically not waste it. You already stated you understand why treasuring resources is important, so I’m not really understanding where you’re confused.