My mom never used to make us eat (actually, she encouraged us girls to eat less because she was always afraid of us getting fat). But, when she DID do "starving children in China" stories, she was actually talking about her family in Hong Kong. She told me stories about how eggs were so expensive over there for them that they actually got them as birthday gifts. Never looked at an egg the same way after that, definately made me more appreciative of the life we have here in America.
