Parents let their kids eat trash?

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browncurlz3
browncurlz3 Posts: 48
in Food and Nutrition
Between Instagram and people-watching at restaurants, I notice that parents will make healthy decisions for themselves, but order deep-friend/fatty foods for their own kids. Why is that?
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  • AbbeyDove
    AbbeyDove Posts: 317 Member
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    From this question, I surmise that you do not have children, right?
  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
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    I don't have kids, but I can't imagine kids are all that complaint with healthy eating. I'd definitely mind your own business on this one.
  • sophiemama
    sophiemama Posts: 62 Member
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    From this question, I surmise that you do not have children, right?


    this
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
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    Fat is good for a growing child's brain.
  • Sandreeuhh
    Sandreeuhh Posts: 39
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    I can only assume it's because kids like to eat with their fingers.. I don't have kids. I just notice it a lot too.... and I think that's one of the problems with obesity. Kids learn their eating habits at a young age..
  • amoffatt
    amoffatt Posts: 674 Member
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    Sliding in on this one....Gonna be fun to watch.:drinker:

    Edit: for spelling
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
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    I can only assume it's because kids like to eat with their fingers.. I don't have kids. I just notice it a lot too.... and I think that's one of the problems with obesity. Kids learn their eating habits at a young age..

    It is much better that they dont eat at all, right?!
  • RonnieLodge
    RonnieLodge Posts: 665 Member
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    Sleep deprivation & Pester Power.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pester_power

    But don't take my word for it - babysit someone's kids for about a week (or 3 days) and it will be glaringly obvious.
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
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    I guess it's because I'm a horrible parent?
  • Melissa22G
    Melissa22G Posts: 847 Member
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    This will not end well. :huh:
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
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    oh brother
    Oh bother, I read that wrong.
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  • sc10985
    sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
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    I don't always order "fatty" foods for my daughter but one of the fun things about being a kid is eating stuff like french fries and chicken nuggets without worrying about it. She also eats ice cream!! *gasp!*
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
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    Please don't allow your children to eat from the trash can.
  • NumbrsNerd
    NumbrsNerd Posts: 202 Member
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    This will not end well. :huh:

    Agreed....in for impending drama!
  • Fullsterkur_woman
    Fullsterkur_woman Posts: 2,712 Member
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    Uh, we used to get food out of the trash all the time. You only go for the sealed stuff, and it's fine...
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
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    I can only say that when I was a child, if my parents had handed me a Happy Meal toy and a salad, I would have eaten the toy.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
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  • sc10985
    sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
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    Please don't allow your children to eat from the trash can.

    This made me lmao.
  • amoffatt
    amoffatt Posts: 674 Member
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    I don't always order "fatty" foods for my daughter but one of the fun things about being a kid is eating stuff like french fries and chicken nuggets without worrying about it. She also eats ice cream!! *gasp!*

    I agree, just because some kids are eating ice cream and "not so healthy choices" doesn't mean that they are doing this on a daily basis. Some just assume this is how children eat all the time.
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
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    I don't know what you're talking about. My kids are on raspberry ketones and the green coffee bean enema cleanse, just like all the sensible adults.

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