Parents let their kids eat trash?

Someone wants to monitor the world and make Judgy McJudgerton judgements on others despite a complete lack of background or understanding.

Seems legit.

Society almost TELLS kids to hate vegetables. Tons of television shows show children turning their nose away from broccoli and brussel sprouts and such, so it's no wonder thousands of kids say they hate these kinds of foods...even if they've yet to give them a try! Parents need to feed their kids. If a kid is stubborn enough and refuse to eat, there's really nothing left to do but *sigh* give them what the want.

Also, companies know how to market to kids. This means kids want to eat fruit loops and chicken nuggets because the box as spongebob on it.

I have two kids, one six year old boy and one two year old boy. When we go out to eat the six year old is allowed to order what he wants. It's normally Mac' cheese or corndogs or some other disgusting food. That he doesn't get at home. He enjoys it and it allows us to eat a meal out without fighting with him over the menu. We order a fruit plate for the two year old and cut off bits of ours or order him chicken fingers depending on where we are. Snacks at our house include string cheese, fruit, veggies with PB, and roasted flavored almonds. Dinner is what we eat or they don't eat. Now if you only saw our kids eat in public you would think that they only eat crap, but since we only eat out once or twice a month..... But a stranger can judge me all they want, I only listen to my family and my kids pediatrician. Oh and they're both little string beans as far as weight goes.

No Foods are Inherently Fattening!

This study showing that “reduced-calorie diets result in clinically meaningful weight loss regardless of which macronutrients they emphasize.” - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19246357

This study which found “diets differing substantially in glycemic load induce comparable long-term weight loss.”- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17413101

Professor Mark Haub who lost 27lbs and improved markers of health while eating a diet consisting of Twinkies.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

Flexible dieting
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11707550

My sister in law feeds both her boys greasy finger foods all time time. And neither of them will eat veggies.

You do have a point there and Im guilty of it from time to time. I have 3 kids which 2 have special needs and they a extremely picky and would only eat certaint types of food, especially when they were between the ages of 2-5. They are senstive to textures, tempature, food touching, you name it! On top of that I was still dwelling and coping with their diagnosis..sounds like an excuse, I know and I own up to it and have learned from it. So we would give in to the junk because thats all they would eat and it made them happy. Now fast forward to now and I see how the bad choices have affected them and i try to incorporate better food options now because its not only my journey but theirs as well. We are making this a family thing. I found ways to sneak veggies into the food I make and sometimes its a success and other times not as much. It's a tough job but we are making this a family effort to be healthier.

What a horrible, resentful childhood to have when ones parents restrict the good, fatty foods when dining out! For all we know, they have decent meals at home every day of the week except that one or two days. My son loves his fruits and veggies and beans and rice and chicken and tuna but that doesn't mean he won't request the occasional ketchup smeared hamburger and deeply fried chicken nuggets and cheesy cheese pizza. They're kids, not adults.
The childhood obesity problem is obviously growing but it doesn't mean the kids should be forced into a strict "yucky" "adult" meal.

Besides there is a better way of trying to change a parents mind and helping them ease their children into healthier and more moderate choices.

Please don't allow your children to eat from the trash can.

I LOVE TRASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Here's something else to consider: humans have more taste buds as children than as adults, as the nerve endings die off as we age. So every little bit of bitterness in vegetables is painfully apparent to them that we can't even taste.