Comments on: Why Are Parents Evil Enough to Feed Their Children Garbage?

By: Brian Denim

Brian Denim — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:07:51 +0000

you think america is bad look at austalia we have shocking food laws. Parents just don’t see that their arre other options than Mars bars and Burger rings. if you find it hard to make time wake up an hour or half hour earlier and cut up some fruit or carrots and introduce it to your child.

thankyou America

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:19:03 +0000

Great post. More effort needs to be put into teaching our kids to eat healthy at an early age. Eating healthy and organic can be fun and tasty, it just takes a little more effort by the parents. Keeping your children healthy is well worth the effort though.

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:12:14 +0000

Phillippea, I hear you! its the food industry and big biz that are the real enemies. We love our children and always want what is best for them. parents who work, and love their kids and do their best are not evil — they are tired and possibly not fully informed. I mean I even see parents at the health food store picking up orgainic meals that cost them quite a bit — but even these may be loaded with sugars, salts, gluten. we have to take into consideration who is behind the studies that tell us certain things are healthy. But, real change begins at home. little by little I believe that real opportunity for true health is arising in this country. we have probiotics on the main stream, mcdonalds vowing not to use trans fats etc.
My kid has had mcdonalds once in his life, when our neighbor bought it for him (before we knew he had autism) but, food and commercial food especially is a social thing in this country. its not yet popular or wide spread enough to drink green juice (like my family does) so it is not as readily available. I hope for a day that if my boy wants to have a mcdonalds burger that he will not get sick from it (he cannot digest meat or fillers) I hope for a day that parents will be able to get the info they need regarding the health, nutrition of their children. we are mislead by doctors sometimes because they are not forced to study nutrition.

but that time is coming. there is tons of info out there. and any small step that afamily can make in the direction of better health will really help their kids. we don’t even miss fast food. and we wind up spending about the same because we buy very frugally and have a farm share.

hey, thanks for your comments
Gins

By: Phillippa Silverlock

Phillippa Silverlock — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:20:33 +0000

Calling a parent eveil for feeding their kids garbage is a bit harsh! Call on the food industry to make healthy eating easier for the single parent who holds down two jobs to pay the bills and panics over food, stop places like MacDonalds targeting the young, put facilities in family restaurants that make them more appealing to families (Creches etc). It’s not always just the parents.

By: David Askaripour

David Askaripour — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:08:59 +0000

Hey Gina,

Wow, that’s insane that you actually have to get a Doctor’s not to prevent your son’s teachers from poisoning them; I’m not at all surprised, though. Very sad, very sad… I really pray that we wakeup and see what we’re doing to our children — soon rather than later.

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:38:18 +0000

David,

this concept infuriates me. Thank you for calling attention to it. I hate that folks like us who want the best for our children are in the minority when it comes to diet and nutrition. I hate that I needa doctor’s note that warns tecahers not to feed my son candy and junk.