Do you eat leftovers from your child?
Do not eat?
October 12, 19:45
Autumn of appetite.
What would you do if you had some food left over that you took the time and effort to make your children eat a lot of delicious food?
There are times when you just carry it to your mouth saying "I made it with all my might" and "Mottainai".
Parents are talking about tweets that the bite may be a risk of getting an infectious disease from their children.
(Aya Noda, Network News Department, Yohei Kato)
“Throw away leftover food” to avoid catching cold
It was such a tweet that became a hot topic.
"Just not eating what your child left behind will reduce the number of times you catch a cold. For your health, throw away the leftover food."
Children may leave meals depending on their physical condition and mood.
However, since they may have various illnesses such as colds in nursery schools and schools, it seems that "it is less likely that parents will be affected by not eating leftover food."
On the other hand, there are a lot of voices in favor of it.
"I see! Trying to practice"
"If Ne at least parents survive. Fall together not afford to,"
"of course, I do not eat the leftovers of children, toothbrush also released"
Also tweet in.
When I talked to the person who tweeted, both parents and children sometimes had asthma symptoms, and they said, "I wasn't careful during the cold and flu epidemics, but I started throwing them away."
On the other hand, some people say that parents eat leftover food from their children.
"It's a waste, but
I
'll win."
"I
'm
eating leftover food from my child, but I can't help it."
A colleague at work said, "I grew up listening to stories from my parents when there was no rice, so I can't leave rice. When I can't eat it, I eat it. "
I understand that it is a waste to throw it away.
Are there any other high-risk behaviors?
In fact, how much is the risk of infection?
When I asked Mr. Masato Mine, a director of the Japan Pediatrics Association, who is familiar with public health, I got an unexpected answer.
Dr. Mine
"In the case of influenza and common colds, the risk of getting infected is not so high even if you eat leftover food from your child."
I will explain the reason as follows.
Dr. Mine
"The main route of infection such as influenza is infection by flying or contact. Most of the infections are caused by other activities in the home, such as touching one's mouth, nose, or eyes with a child's runny nose. It is thought that you are infected by sneezing or coughing your face. "
So what about the new coronavirus?
The infection route is almost the same as influenza.
The website of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare had the following description.
In other words, there have been no reports of cases of infection from food.
When I contacted the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the answer was "I don't think it will be transmitted from food."
On the other hand, Dr. Mine says he does not know how much risk he has left over.
Dr. Mine
"The new coronavirus is a virus that is often unknown. It is safer not to
eat leftovers in order to avoid risks."
If I'm sick, I can't stand to throw away the leftover food of a healthy child every time.
It seems that you can hear the voices of such parents, but since the possibility of being infected cannot be ruled out, is it better to throw it away?
Dr. Mine
"If you are worried about the virus but it is a waste to throw it away, for example, you should wash the fruits that your child has bitten with water, or reheat hot dishes before eating."
Studies have shown that the new coronavirus can no longer be detected at 70 degrees within 5 minutes and tends to die in a shorter period of time as the temperature rises.
Parent-child infection Be careful here!
Things that should be taken care of to prevent infection between parents and children other than leftover food.
It's a child's flight.
Dr. Mine
"It is known that the new coronavirus is excreted from stool for a long period of time. Considering that children are often asymptomatic, even if they are fine, care must be taken when processing stool. However, there are other such infections. For example, the rotavirus, which causes symptoms such as diarrhea, may be excreted from the stool even after the symptoms have disappeared for about a month. "
Measures at home that can be done with a little ingenuity
I was also taught effective ways to prevent family-to-family transmission in families with children.
Dr. Mine
"Wash your hands immediately after wiping your child's runny nose or treating stools. Also, if you put an alcohol disinfectant at the entrance and come back from the outside, disinfect your hands on the spot and then wash your hands. You can reduce the amount of virus you bring indoors by moving to a table and washing your hands. "
It is desirable to separate towels for wiping hands and body for each family member, but children do not always use the designated towels.
In such a case, it seems that you should devise a voice.
Dr. Mine
"Children's cooperation is indispensable to prevent infection. But that's no good, this is not good, this will not work. It will be stressful for children." My favorite flower towel is nice. Use this. If you say something like "Ne" to make your child want to take the initiative, you can take measures without difficulty. "
There are other reasons why I stopped eating
Do you throw away leftover food to eliminate the risk of infection, or do you take measures such as heating to eat?
In the end, it seems to be an individual decision.
Some people say that the reason they stopped eating wasn't just because of infection control.
"It's heartbreaking to eat leftover food, and it makes me feel miserable when I get fat with the leftover food."
(From Twitter)
It became painful to eat only what the child left behind.
Should I eat it?
What is the ideal image of a mother?
A manga depicting that feeling has become a hot topic.
"My mother used to eat leftovers when I was little, and my sister still eats."
"I naturally thought I should do that."
"But ... I don't want to eat
."
"One day, let's finally throw it away."
"I may have unknowingly tied my ideal mother image to myself
.
" The
author, Sara Chikuma.
He devised various ways to eat and season, but he said he couldn't get rid of the leftover food.
When posting manga on SNS, it is said that many comments were received from parents who had the same feelings.
Sara Chikuma
"Thank you for sending me, and I realized that I wasn't the only one. If I tell my children that it's not good to throw away food, I don't necessarily have to eat it. Masu "
Don't worry too much about leftover food
Food education experts also say, "Don't worry too much."
Mr. Ota
"In the first place, children's feelings have" unevenness ", so it is natural to leave them. If you try to force them to eat, you may not be good at eating. I bought it. If you can cook the ingredients without spoiling them, think that the remaining ingredients will not be wasted. Also, if you ask your child in advance how much you can eat, you can reduce the amount of leftover food. There is also "
Do you eat leftovers from your child?
Do not eat?
Now that behavior and values are changing due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
Discussions are taking place again from various perspectives such as infection prevention and parental stress.