Dang Fast Food!!

[Unregistered]

pink slime

Did you see that the USDA has bought tons of pink slime to put in school lunches. I am disgusted.

[countrymom]

sadly its here in ontario too. I have kids who know more about take out than my own children. I watched a show, I think on20/20 long time ago how processed food affected childrens cholesterol. Sure the child was skinny, but it was the insides that were rotting. Now, my own children are not skinny (except 2) but the other 2 are a bit bigger, not overwieght but bigger in size, but they are healthy. We eat out on sat. because of schedualing, and because we have 65 dollars a week to spend on fast food, well it doesn't go far with 4 kids. I cook every day, they eat whatever I cook and pack lunches everyday, so I know they get healthy not processed junk.

Lets look at what some of my dck's eat, one eats lunchables everyday for school lunch, barf, even my kids will tell you barf. He eats no fruit or veggies. Another, eats pogo dogs every single day before he comes here, barf again. I have children who have no idea what fruit is, and this is not joke, I can't tell you how many never eat apples and are amazed when I serve it with their lunch.

and I blame it on parents, not the dr's or the school, its the parents fault. I can cook dinner every day, and its ready for 5pm (most of my kids are gone and home by 5pm or they have another parent home already) so there isn't a reason for take out. I am running out the door some nights for activities and I still manage to cook a meal, none of my families have activities, and they have more time than I do and way less kids than I do. Its called lazy. More and more people are too lazy to do anything, its easier to drive thru a window and pick it up.

I can tell which kids will not do well in school because of this too. Its a proven fact, that children with poor diets don't do well in school, have a hard time functioning, paying attention, listen. I see it here too. The ones that come in the afternoon, are so wacked that its crazy, then you hear what they ate and then you know why.

sorry this is a sore subject with me, even thou we like to go out and eat (my kids hate micki d's but love subway) doesn't mean you have to abuse it. Whats scary is, go to the mall and see those kids when they are 16, with their bellies hanging over their pants, imagine what they look like at 24 or 32, they aint going to change.

[nannyde]

sadly its here in ontario too. I have kids who know more about take out than my own children. I watched a show, I think on20/20 long time ago how processed food affected childrens cholesterol. Sure the child was skinny, but it was the insides that were rotting. Now, my own children are not skinny (except 2) but the other 2 are a bit bigger, not overwieght but bigger in size, but they are healthy. We eat out on sat. because of schedualing, and because we have 65 dollars a week to spend on fast food, well it doesn't go far with 4 kids. I cook every day, they eat whatever I cook and pack lunches everyday, so I know they get healthy not processed junk.

Lets look at what some of my dck's eat, one eats lunchables everyday for school lunch, barf, even my kids will tell you barf. He eats no fruit or veggies. Another, eats pogo dogs every single day before he comes here, barf again. I have children who have no idea what fruit is, and this is not joke, I can't tell you how many never eat apples and are amazed when I serve it with their lunch.

and I blame it on parents, not the dr's or the school, its the parents fault. I can cook dinner every day, and its ready for 5pm (most of my kids are gone and home by 5pm or they have another parent home already) so there isn't a reason for take out. I am running out the door some nights for activities and I still manage to cook a meal, none of my families have activities, and they have more time than I do and way less kids than I do. Its called lazy. More and more people are too lazy to do anything, its easier to drive thru a window and pick it up.

I can tell which kids will not do well in school because of this too. Its a proven fact, that children with poor diets don't do well in school, have a hard time functioning, paying attention, listen. I see it here too. The ones that come in the afternoon, are so wacked that its crazy, then you hear what they ate and then you know why.

sorry this is a sore subject with me, even thou we like to go out and eat (my kids hate micki d's but love subway) doesn't mean you have to abuse it. Whats scary is, go to the mall and see those kids when they are 16, with their bellies hanging over their pants, imagine what they look like at 24 or 32, they aint going to change.

It's so sad that we have lost the part of our humanity where we have associated healthy food, exercise, and sleep to having healthy, well behaved, and fun to be around kids. I'm SO SO SO glad I've been able to keep a business going for years where I get parents and kids that intrinsically understand that you have to have these three core elements in child rearing to have great kids.

I don't have poor eaters. I don't have badly behaved kids. My kids sleep like rocks every day at nap. I can't imagine doing this job with kids that are filled with junk food, get junk sleep, and spend the majority of their waking hours with a screen in their face.

My kids are adorable and so sweet. They love their healthy home made food. They like a little treat now and then but they will tear into a plate of broccoli or asparagus just like they will eat a brownie. They KNOW what a TREAT is. They know that the food they eat makes them feel good. They know they need to rest. They know to be kind to their friends and mind their adults.

It's not THAT hard. It's not a huge feat to give kids a good healthy lifestyle. It's not as easy as plying them with junk, letting them have their way all the time, and being afraid of their unhappiness. It's more work but it's NOT that hard to do the right thing. Parents who don't care don't realize the damage they are doing. As easy as it is to get info on how to properly feed your kid you would think it would be something parents would spend some time figuring out. With next to zero generational teaching, it's up to the parents to learn the right way and learn to COOK.

I won't keep kids who live off of treats. I just couldn't manage them.

[jenny31052]

So one day I made homemade french fries (steak fries); they were yummy!
One of my dck (who eats Mc D's at least once a week) looked at the fries, and told me that he didn't like them...

So I asked him is he eats fries at McD's, and he said yes. So I asked him why he didn't want to eat my french fries, and he replied saying that was because McD's has the "good ones"...

[Lucy]

I'm the OP and just had to update. Today is the older sister's birthday. Mom comes this morning to drop off younger sister - age 3 - and says something about how full her belly is because they just went out for breakfast for older sister's birthday. As she's leaving, she reminds 3 yr old that they are going to Red Robin (big burgers and bottomless steak fries) for dinner.

I honestly don't think they EVER eat at home. It's no exaggeration that 4 out of 5 evenings, she asks the girls where they want to go for dinner. I know it's unhealthy and all that, but my shock of the whole thing is more about how LAZY she must be!! And how much MONEY this family is wasting by not making their food at home.

Oh, and the school age girl buys lunch at school EVERY day without fail. She has NEVER taken a lunch. We all know that school lunches, unfortunately, are one of the biggest offenders in terms of nutrition. You would think, as a school, that they'd be conscious of it, but they just serve what is cheapest to buy.

I just shake my head. Not much I can do about it besides serve a good lunch to the 3 yr old, and good snacks to both the girls. Oy.

[SunshineMama]

Or 24 months wearing size 4!!! LOL

No kidding!

[Zoe]

I think fast food should be a treat, a once in a while treat, NOT a staple in your household. Growing up my brother and I would have McD's every Friday night while we hung out with our dad. Every other meal was healthy and balanced, McD's was a special "hang out with Dad" thing. I should point out that it wasn't a divorce thing where our dad would only feed us junk, it was more of a special night where our stay at home mom got a night off while we went to dad's store and hung out with him.

Anyway! Now that I have my own kids, we do go to McD's, but maybe once a month or every two weeks. It's really not that often, so I don't see the harm in that. But I do get the problem of the OP...eating that stuff every day, ugh. It makes my stomach churn just thinking about it!

[Lucy]

I think fast food should be a treat, a once in a while treat, NOT a staple in your household. Growing up my brother and I would have McD's every Friday night while we hung out with our dad. Every other meal was healthy and balanced, McD's was a special "hang out with Dad" thing. I should point out that it wasn't a divorce thing where our dad would only feed us junk, it was more of a special night where our stay at home mom got a night off while we went to dad's store and hung out with him.

Anyway! Now that I have my own kids, we do go to McD's, but maybe once a month or every two weeks. It's really not that often, so I don't see the harm in that. But I do get the problem of the OP...eating that stuff every day, ugh. It makes my stomach churn just thinking about it!

Oh, don't get me wrong. I have taken my daycare kids to McDonald's. But only rarely. Like once a summer. We have gone in there to play and only got beverages.

[Zoe]

Oh, don't get me wrong. I have taken my daycare kids to McDonald's. But only rarely. Like once a summer. We have gone in there to play and only got beverages.

I know exactly what you meant! I was just sharing my experience and my own thoughts about it. I can't imagine taking my kids to a fast food restaurant every day! The food is horrible and we could never afford to eat out every day anyway!

[Lucy]

I know exactly what you meant! I was just sharing my experience and my own thoughts about it. I can't imagine taking my kids to a fast food restaurant every day! The food is horrible and we could never afford to eat out every day anyway!

Yes, this exactly. It isn't even so much about the bad nutrition, as it is about the laziness and foolish spending.

[dave4him]

it annoys me when i see my sil give her girl a drink of dr. pepper, but when im desperate ive been known to give my own little ones a bit too so i cant say much