Chicken Nugget Diet
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We read this story the other day. I believe the story is a bit fabricated. She said she did eat other things but has eaten chicken nuggets since she was little and thats what she prefers. Maybe the article I read was bias, who knows.0
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Lots of Sodium fearmongering in that whole story
I've long wondered about the whole salt thing and if it's really as bad as people make it out to be. Sodium is vital to healthy organ function; but if you're physically active, how much of that sodium is lost to either burn calories in the metabolic process or through sweating from heavy physical exertion? Also, if you're drinking the right amount of water, the body will not retain more sodium than it needs; so isn't it just a balancing act?0 -
FYI, a lot of autistic children do things like this so be careful who you insult.
Exactly. I am the parent of an autistic child. He isn't as picky as some but there are many children on the spectrum who eat and behave in ways that if someone didn't know would cause the parent to be unfairly judged. If this girl's mother didn't allow her to eat anything else then that is wrong BUT if she was autistic and wouldn't eat anything else that is a whole other ballgame. I, for one, supplement all of my children's diets with vitamins for those times when they are less than healthy....0 -
When my daughter was 18 months old every time she saw the mcdonalds sign she would clap her little hands and sing "yeah chicken!!!!" doesn't mean she got to eat the crap every damn day. :happy:0
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Epic parental failure. This means the parent ... for 13 years... loaded her baby girl into the car and drove to Mickey D's and purchased McNuggets. The story I read also went on to say that the mother attempted to stop this behavior by starving her. It didn't say at what age the mother finally realized that the problem might be out of hand... but I imagine this didn't happen until years after the problem started. The parents caused this. The child, at age 2, had no control over the situation. After sitting in the McDonald's drive-thru on the 20th, 10th, or even the 5th day in a row, you would think the parent would have thought to nip the issue in the bud.0
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Wow, my son is Autistic and that really cut me. He can't help wanting the same things over and over, doesn't mean I always give it to him, but with his SPD it is hard for him to try new things because of the different textures.0
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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???
What! Come on now. Lots of kids would happily live on a diet of Mcnuggets if ALLOWED. Eventually the child would have eaten something else, if not this would be happening everywhere. At the age this started at, yes it was definetly the mothers fault. Worried parent equals giving in to your kid eating s*** food for their entire youth? Yes she failed, intentionally or not, she failed.
completely AGREE! I have a gob of kids and one is a super super (can i stress that harder?) picky eater. this mom failed.0 -
This is how I first saw the story over here in the UK: http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/01/26/teen-eats-only-chicken-nuggets-and-toast-for-15-years-docs-say-extreme-diet-will-kill-her/?icid=maing-grid7|uk|dl6|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D93748
She is now a teen of 17, capable of making her own decisions about her diet and health, and still she refuses to do anything about it. Hardly anything to do with her mother's "failings" anymore, is it? And considering her siblings eat normally, I'd say it was down to the individual, not her mother.
She "knows how serious her addiction is, she just can't stop eating the nuggets" so how much value does she place on her life? If collapsing wasn't serious enough a wake up call for her, what will be? Having to be on dialysis because her kidneys have failed? Or will there never be a wake up call, and will she just drop down dead?!0 -
I just fed my 2 year old dinner and he ate a HEALTHY meal of chicken, noodle, asparagus (6 whole spears) and apple sauce. I don't believe a parent can't win the food war. The mother should have put her foot down when the girl was little and had no other options. We all fight with our kids about what they can/can't eat. It is part of raising them.0
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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.
My son is 3 and just now got up to 5 different foods. He loved chicken nuggets so much and I was worried about what went into them so I started making them at home so I knew what was in them.0 -
I'm more creeped out that the mother thought it was okay to feed a 2 year old fast food. WTF?
A lot of parents do this because the kids want to eat what they're eating. Especially when we consider that this was 13 years ago - late 90s. Things were starting to change, but there wasn't nearly the popular focus on nutrition and childhood obesity that there is today. That being said, the mom probably should have gotten help a long time ago. But the problem isn't really that she eats fast food. It's that she eats it to the exclusion of everything else.0 -
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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.
Was that to me? Yes, I have TWO of them. And I was one that had them try everything I could get them too. My kids are healthy. Yep, they get fast food. But they are both well maintained kids. They would both prefer to eat carrots and broccoli for that matter. My two year old asks for carrots all the time and he still gets fast food every now and then. I guess that means I failed as a parent too. LOL! And kudos to you for making baby food. I didn't have time or the means to do so.
Geesh, I was just asking a question. I was thinking that "failed" was a little judgemental. That's all. White flag white flag.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
My question was to the poster who wrote that she had failed as a mother...I agree with you actually!
I did everything plus some more and until the age of 3 the twins ate EVERYTHING...EVEN TOFU!!
Now, fruits, peanut butter and jelly, yogurt, cereals and basically JUST carbs are the ONLY thing they eat...SIGH.
While they don't eat nuggets, they sure don't eat very healthy like I had strived for
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I disagree.
I have seen sooooooooooo many parents, as a special educator, become OBSESSED with winning the "food war" and i thought it was "easy" too until I had my twin boys.
A wise mom told me once to remember that you can't control what comes out of a child and what goes in...AKA potty training and eating.
Her daughter is now in her thirties, potty trained and loves her veggies.
Obviously the case we are talking about is EXTREME.0 -
I just fed my 2 year old dinner and he ate a HEALTHY meal of chicken, noodle, asparagus (6 whole spears) and apple sauce. I don't believe a parent can't win the food war. The mother should have put her foot down when the girl was little and had no other options. We all fight with our kids about what they can/can't eat. It is part of raising them.
I disagree.
I have seen sooooooooooo many parents, as a special educator, become OBSESSED with winning the "food war" and i thought it was "easy" too until I had my twin boys.
A wise mom told me once to remember that you can't control what comes out of a child and what goes in...AKA potty training and eating.
Her daughter is now in her thirties, potty trained and loves her veggies.
Obviously the case we are talking about is EXTREME.0 -
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 POINT is that when you judge SOME parents for making less than good decisions, other parents who struggle with the same issues, feel JUDGED.0 -
There is always an alternative. It is completely irresponsible for a parent to allow that to happen. You can defend all you want, but I will never ever except that as okay.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???0 -
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.
If the girl had autism, don't you think the article would have said that?0 -
I'm so glad that all of the moms here are perfect. No one ever made mistakes. With this many perfect moms, the world should be a safe place.0
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To ALL of you parents talking about your children who have autism, you are completely on the WRONG topic. This girl does not have autism nor any other special needs. No one is talking about children with special needs. So you're getting offended for no reason. Maybe you should read the article first before posting.0
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I'm so glad that all of the moms here are perfect. No one ever made mistakes. With this many perfect moms, the world should be a safe place.
There's quite a difference between making little mistakes and feeding your child chicken nuggets every day for 15 years. No one here is claiming to be a "perfect" mom so your sarcasm is a bit misplaced. Just saying.0 -
"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.
I absolutely agree... Anyone who automatically blames the mother OBVIOUSLY doesn't have children!!!! I am lucky to have a child that prefers veggies, salad and sushi over crap food, but not every child is like that... Poor girl... and her poor mother!!0 -
My comment is not about letting your child eat chicken nuggets everyday for 15 years... It's about the "better than all of you other moms" attitudes that come with a post like this. Just sayin'I'm so glad that all of the moms here are perfect. No one ever made mistakes. With this many perfect moms, the world should be a safe place.
There's quite a difference between making little mistakes and feeding your child chicken nuggets every day for 15 years. No one here is claiming to be a "perfect" mom so your sarcasm is a bit misplaced. Just saying.0 -
My comment is not about letting your child eat chicken nuggets everyday for 15 years... It's about the "better than all of you other moms" attitudes that come with a post like this. Just sayin'I'm so glad that all of the moms here are perfect. No one ever made mistakes. With this many perfect moms, the world should be a safe place.
There's quite a difference between making little mistakes and feeding your child chicken nuggets every day for 15 years. No one here is claiming to be a "perfect" mom so your sarcasm is a bit misplaced. Just saying.
Hmmm. It must just be because it's the internet that it's coming off that way.. I just thought that it was them talking about how they don't feed their children chicken nuggets every day and disagree with a mom doing so.0 -
I'm more creeped out that the mother thought it was okay to feed a 2 year old fast food. WTF?
A lot of 2 year olds eat chicken nuggets and other fast foods. Chicken nuggets and french fries are easy for small children to hold and easy for them to eat without much help.
Is it the best option? No. But it's extremely common. Most people think it's okay to feed a two year old fast food.0 -
sure is funny, toddlers can only eat what their parents give them... STOP FEEDING KIDS FAST FOOD! the whole clean-plate-club is part of why adults are so overweight now, and now the whole fast-food craze is why kids are so fat.. WE are responsibly for our children's eating habits, if they never eat a chicken nugget then they never have the option to do this to themselves... Please be more conscious of what you feed your kids!0
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Oh, I get it! And, they don't do anything else "wrong" either. A rare and extreme circumstance that is making everyone feel like "Super Mom!" No, it's not just the internet...it's people with holier than thou attitudes.
My comment is not about letting your child eat chicken nuggets everyday for 15 years... It's about the "better than all of you other moms" attitudes that come with a post like this. Just sayin'I'm so glad that all of the moms here are perfect. No one ever made mistakes. With this many perfect moms, the world should be a safe place.
There's quite a difference between making little mistakes and feeding your child chicken nuggets every day for 15 years. No one here is claiming to be a "perfect" mom so your sarcasm is a bit misplaced. Just saying.
Hmmm. It must just be because it's the internet that it's coming off that way.. I just thought that it was them talking about how they don't feed their children chicken nuggets every day and disagree with a mom doing so.0 -
Oh, I get it! And, they don't do anything else "wrong" either. A rare and extreme circumstance that is making everyone feel like "Super Mom!" No, it's not just the internet...it's people with holier than thou attitudes.
My comment is not about letting your child eat chicken nuggets everyday for 15 years... It's about the "better than all of you other moms" attitudes that come with a post like this. Just sayin'I'm so glad that all of the moms here are perfect. No one ever made mistakes. With this many perfect moms, the world should be a safe place.
There's quite a difference between making little mistakes and feeding your child chicken nuggets every day for 15 years. No one here is claiming to be a "perfect" mom so your sarcasm is a bit misplaced. Just saying.
Hmmm. It must just be because it's the internet that it's coming off that way.. I just thought that it was them talking about how they don't feed their children chicken nuggets every day and disagree with a mom doing so.
The rare & extreme case is the only one this topic was referring to. No one is talking about anything but a mom feeding her child chicken nuggets every day for 15 years. That girl is now in the hospital. Sorry you apparently don't see anything wrong with that but you do see something wrong with moms saying that they see something wrong with it. You're judging moms for being proud of the fact that they feed their children healthy food. Talk about a holier than thou attitude....0 -
It may seem like a joke but I had a sorority sister that ate nothing but Chicken Fingers(had to be Tyson) French Fries(must be Orida Crinkle cut or she freaked) Pizza and Desert.
Never once did I see her eat fruit, veggies or anything with actual substance.... made me sick to see her eat because I was like do you realize what you are doing to your body?
I knew a girl who similar and that was all she would eat: grilled cheese sandwich, cheese pizza, french fries and ice cream. She was a pretty decent size. Also pained me to watch her eat.0 -
Maybe I just wasn't a difficult child but I enjoyed and loved eating vegetables (especially brocolli) mainly because my mom made it fun and she put some cheese on it. I think if parents make the food fun and interesting and also involve children they can get the children to at least try it. I did see on Nightline some time ago about chidlren who have extreme cases where they only eat one type of thing (usually something that isn't healthy) and its some type of mental disorder. They showed how they can get a doctor (I think it was a psychiatrist) involved to help the child get over their fears about the other foods. I dont really know how someone could let their kid go so loooong eating nuggets. I wonder if she tried some deep fried veggies and putting them into the shape of nuggets...a place I used to go to a lot had these fried veggies (broccoli, button mushrooms, cauliflower, zucchini). I was in love with those when I was little. Probably not the healthiest thing on the planet but its something. I hope this bout with death will help that girl try to branch out and eat other foods besides nuggets 24/7.0
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