What our parents taught us about eating at neighbours’ homes Beyond food, childhood lessons taught children to appreciate what they had, avoid unhealthy comparisons and respect other people’s boundaries. Gender Just now
That childhood rule came to mind when a friend told me about her neighbour’s habit of repeatedly asking her for food.
Without that rule growing up, I might have turned out to be the neighbour my friend was complaining about, borrowing food from others whenever I was too lazy to cook after work.
A friend’s frustration with a neighbour who repeatedly asks for food raises questions about generosity, social boundaries and the unwritten rules governing relationships.
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