Chicken Nugget Diet

I agree that there are probably a lot of factors here, but poor boundaries in parenting is DEFINATELY a majot player.

Eating disorders don't exist in a vacuum. They're accompanied by other issues - usually insecurity and anxiety. I would be surprised if she didn't have some kind of significant trauma in her history.

But, REALLY - few people are so ignorant to think that eating only chicken nuggets for 15 years is ok. If she truly is that ignorant, then she was not prepared to have children.

... and OF COURSE she's going to say that she did all she could. How many people who get the spotlight for doing something neglectful to their child are going to tell a reporter that they didn't care enough to do what was healthy for their kid, or that they were so ignorant as to not know that eating processed fillers and sodium 3 meals a day for 15 years was insufficient nutrition.

"Stacey’s mother, Evonne, is exasperated by her daughter’s refusal to eat a healthy and varied diet and wants her to see a specialist. ‘She’s been told in no uncertain terms that she will die if she carries on like this,’ the 39-year-old explained.
‘But Stacey says she can’t eat anything else. It breaks my heart to see her eating those damned nuggets. ‘I am at my wit’s end. I’m praying she can be helped before it’s too late.’

The beauty therapist – who says her two other children Leo, five, and Ava, three, both eat healthily – has even tried depriving Stacey of food in a bid to get her to eat something other than nuggets."


This sounds like a mother who has been trying her hardest to help her daughter. The doctors described it as a severe food addiction, I think placing all the blame on the mother is a cop out.

This is appauling.....nuggets everyday? I read more up on the article and she doesnt even loose obese. The problem is that she is lacking other nutrients because she hasnt had fruit or vegitables her whole life! How does her mother let her get away with that? Her mom she tried to get her to try other thing when she was 2 but she refused. Where is the dicipline seriously/??? This makes me annoyed...if she wants to live like that that is her problem. Sorry, Enough said.

the mother has failed as a parent

Do you really think that's it? Do you think that there is a possibilty that the kid would refuse to eat anything and that a worried parent just gave in?

I think the bashing on parents can be very harsh sometimes. No one is perfect and 90% of parents do the best they can with what they have. Yes, crappy parents exist. But because the girl eats chicken nuggets, her mother failed???

Yes. Absolutely. Because the girl eats chicken nuggets her mother failed. No question.

Sometimes good parents have bad kids, but that is a rare exception. Assuming that is not the case here, and also assuming the child doesn't have an autism spectrum disorder... It is a parent's responsibility to provide a healthy and balanced diet for their child. A picky eater is created by the parent(s) who allow the child to be picky. When the the child calls the shots, it is long past time for the parent to quit being weak and/or lazy.

There were plenty of chances for the mother to nip this in the bud when the girl was 2....or 3.... The fact that she didn't is poor parenting. My kid wants to eat skittles all day every day, does that mean she does? No. Why? Because I simply don't make them available to her all the time and am teaching her about nutrition. There is absolutely no reason as a parent to enable your child to consume one item every meal, every day, for 15 years. It is detrimental to her health. Do you hand your children cigarettes? Let them drive drunk? No you don't. This woman hands her daughter the means to kill herself every single day, three times a day.

The child is still a minor and the mother is responsible to provide a healthy environment for the child.

There isn't any mention about the girl being autistic. This isn't about autism.

Poor parenting!!! YES! That's it, thank you

If the child had some sort of processing disorder that allowed her to ONLY eat chicken nuggets, what did she successfully eat UP to that age?

DO you have kids?

If yes...PLEASE Tell me and all other mothers out there who have made their own baby foods, made sure their babies tried EVERYTHING and even HID veggies somehow in their foods, how you did it when they turned 3?

And if No...No comment.

FYI, a lot of autistic children do things like this so be careful who you insult.

Thank you! My son has autism ( he's 13) and is very rigid in his eating habits. There are maybe 9-10 foods that he will eat. Chicken nuggets and fries and 2 of them. It bothers me when people judge someone's parenting skills before knowing their circumstances.

DO you have kids?

If yes...PLEASE Tell me and all other mothers out there who have made their own baby foods, made sure their babies tried EVERYTHING and even HID veggies somehow in their foods, how you did it when they turned 3?

And if No...No comment.

This!! My three year old LOVES veggies (with the exception of lettuce lol still working on that one) and the only reason why is because we gave it to him over and over again in order to aclamate is palet and get him used to them. Now he snacks on cucumbers, carrots, green beans etc so there is no excuse where there is a will there is a way..

Even though my son is autistic, it doesn't mean he gets to pick what he eats all the time. If it did, he would eat peanut butter and jelly 90% of the time. I am the parent and he eats what I fix him to eat. He doesn't fix it for himself. So, if he isn't eating healthy enough, it falls back on me. We have a rule in our house....he has to try everything on his plate. I don't mean a tiny bite, I mean two good sized bites. He doesn't always like the food, but he knows he has to try it. We have done this since he was little. He is now 5 and he eats alot more things than he used to eat.

This mother had to know that it wasn't normal for her child to just eat nuggets. She should have sought out the advice of her doctor (that is what we did) and formed a plan to get her daughter to eat more foods.

Hmmm.............. Okay. So some people don't have the education or the common sense to know what is bad and what isn't and that makes them horrible parents..........

Okay........ I was just asking

A parent that doesn't "have the education or the common sense to know what is bad and what isn't" is a bad parent. It is taught in school, it is in the paper, it's all over the internet, it's on the new. A parent wouldn't even have to try to learn these things, the facts are everywhere. Majority of children will not let themselves starve to death if they can't have one specific meal. If parents put their foot down, the child will probably come around.
Also, if the parent really didn't know that a diet entirely made up of processed, deep-fried meat product is bad for their child is still a bad parent for not caring enough to educate themselves on the most basic health information for their child.

Edit: spelling

FYI, a lot of autistic children do things like this so be careful who you insult.

I don't know what's your point. They never said Stacey is autistic.

the mother has failed as a parent

Do you really think that's it? Do you think that there is a possibilty that the kid would refuse to eat anything and that a worried parent just gave in?

I think the bashing on parents can be very harsh sometimes. No one is perfect and 90% of parents do the best they can with what they have. Yes, crappy parents exist. But because the girl eats chicken nuggets, her mother failed???

Yes..parent failed..I have 6 kids and if they don't eat what is prepared they dont eat..believe me in a few hours they want that healthy dinner. A child does not know what is best for them, they have to be taught. Little kids don't buy crap food, ****ty music, or slutty clothes, their parents do..so yes, the blame lies solely on the parents. To doubt that is part of the reason our society is jacked up today versus 60 years ago.

exactly

I guess maybe my response came off wrong. I was not saying that the mother letting her child eat chicken nuggets everyday for years was a good choice. I just get a little defensive when people look into someone else's life and tell her she failed as a parent, which is pretty extreme. She absolutely shouldn't have let that happen. But she did and when does it become the girl's fault? When she is 18 and still eating them? There has to be some accountability on her part. My 14 year old chooses what she eats.

Anyway, I wasn't arguing that the mother was right, I was arguing that maybe she didn't know what to do and still loves and cares for her child, but missed the boat on this particular point of parenting. Failing as a parent is mean

Give me a break! The mom had 15 years to correct the situation and she didn't.

And about the fact that your 14 yo chooses what she eats. I remember when I was 14 myself. I still had to eat what my parents cooked. Of course, they couldn't control what I would buy at school and there was even a McDonald's very close to my high school. But, I KNEW that McDonald's was junk and was not good for my body. I knew it because my parents told me. They raised me to understand that junk food has to be a treat and not an every day meal. Too much fast food = gaining weight and health issues. So, yes, it ALWAYS start with the parents.

I'm not bashing on the mom, but I am. Parents give in to their kids too much these days. I see my sis and she gives in to my nephew all the time and it PISSES ME OFF to all hell!!! She cooks him a separate meal ALL the time bc he won't eat any of the foods she eats. She caters to him and that's not right.....it's not right for ANY parent to cater to their kids. My nephew is not over weight by ANY means, but he definitely eats *kitten* food!

I was making myself a pumpkin shake that I think is TOTALLY delish! My nephew asked me what I was doing and I MADE him take a sip....of course, he fought me about not wanting to bc it looked gross....then I told him he wouldn't be able to play outside if he didn't take a sip (LOL!). He finally relented and guess what....he LOVED it so much he made me make him one.

When I was little, I remember wanting different foods and my ma was TOUGH!! She would tell me that if I didn't eat what she made.....then I simply wouldn't eat! Eventually, I got really hungry and HAD to eat what she made! Like my mother always said, "when you're starving, even rocks with salt taste good."

I watch all those teen obese shows like, "I use to be fat," yesterday I just watched "Half Ton Teen" and guess what? The parents are the ones that are taking their *kitten* through the drive through because if they don't eat Taco Bell, then they'll go hungry. God forbid. They give in to them. Not good!

I think it's up to the parents to instill healthy eating habits from the get go. I have a friend that had a baby years back and she fed her baby NOTHING BUT healthy/organic foods. Her daughter won't even pick up a soda now that she's older. She knows it's bad for her and she's very active as well.

I don't want this to be a debate, just my personal opinion, but it's the parents fault too.

All Natural Pumpkin Shake
makes 1 serving

-6oz. unsweetened almond milk
-6oz. organic, non fat (or greek) vanilla yogurt
-1/2 cup pure pumpkin puree
-dash o' cinnamon (or nutmeg)

Put everything in the blender and blend for 20 seconds. VOILA!!! Deliciousness!!

the mother has failed as a parent

Do you really think that's it? Do you think that there is a possibilty that the kid would refuse to eat anything and that a worried parent just gave in?

I think the bashing on parents can be very harsh sometimes. No one is perfect and 90% of parents do the best they can with what they have. Yes, crappy parents exist. But because the girl eats chicken nuggets, her mother failed???

I agree. When people like to get onto parents I always wander if they ever did something their parents told them not to do.