How my mother spoils Tee with candy

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By bigpumpkin | October 31, 2007

Apart from the fact that my beloved mom gives Tee anything and everything she asks for, the moon included, she also offers Tee stuff that she doesn’t ask for!!! Like, do you want this. No? I’m sure you do. C’mon!! I know you want it!! No? Think about it. Maybe later? Now? It’s good! Have some. Ok, it’s perfectly safe. Have it! Try it at least!

After all that, who wouldn’t just grab it, eh? Just shut up, for God’s sake!

This happens when Tee is happily going about her own way, doing her own thing, and not complaining about anything.

Tee naturally does not have a sweet tooth, unlike me, but now I wonder. About myself, not her. When she was young, she would spit out anything sweet. At six months old, when I’d barely started her on solids, my mother was already feeding her ice cream. Very soon after, the chocolates came and then the candy. Sometimes, even when Tee rejects my mother’s offers of candy (due to my killer looks), my mother manages to convince her that she will be safe. See how I am undermined?

Sometimes I wonder if reverse psychology would work since Tee’s teacher at school said that to get into this girl’s psyche, you need to play reverse psychology. If that is the case, I’d go do some shopping at the bulk candy store. At least there, I know I’d be getting a wide range of candy at cheaper prices, and then we’ll see if Tee still gets lured by her grandmother’s temptations when candy is readily available at home.

*sigh* If only my mom would realise the damage. It’s not so much my little girl’s teeth I’m worried about. It’s her immune system. The blood sugar surge. The fact that the fortune teller told my mom that Tee would end up being very sick if she continued giving her candy. Everything falls on deaf ears.

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