Hi Eustace, I`m beginning to wonder if your mother`s behaviour is a form of attention seeking we often see in young children.
With young children, the more they refuse to eat, the more their parents worry about them, until they end up literally begging them to eat, and will allow them to have anything.
I would now be inclined to ignore your mother [re tough love].
Put her meal on the table, say you have done your best, eat yours, and if she doesn`t eat hers, throw it away. Then refuse to discuss food until the next meal.
I`m not for a minute suggesting you starve her, but she wouldn`t come to any harm if you tried this for a couple of days. If you can eat it, why shouldn`t she.
I hope you don`t think I`m being really unkind, but it`s beginning to sound a bit like emotional blackmail.
I`m sorry if I`ve spoken out of turn. Love Sylvia x
With young children, the more they refuse to eat, the more their parents worry about them, until they end up literally begging them to eat, and will allow them to have anything.
I would now be inclined to ignore your mother [re tough love].
Put her meal on the table, say you have done your best, eat yours, and if she doesn`t eat hers, throw it away. Then refuse to discuss food until the next meal.
I`m not for a minute suggesting you starve her, but she wouldn`t come to any harm if you tried this for a couple of days. If you can eat it, why shouldn`t she.
I hope you don`t think I`m being really unkind, but it`s beginning to sound a bit like emotional blackmail.
I`m sorry if I`ve spoken out of turn. Love Sylvia x