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Honestly, I think life should be so structured that everything is so dictated or not allowed.
I mean if your kid is wolfing down ho-ho's every other breath then you have issues.
But the occasional treat, snack whatever isn't bad.
I would never flat out say no junk ever because I couldn't expect myself to do that.
Healthy breakfasts, lunches and dinners, the occasional pizza night, dessert on occasion.
One thing I do plan on avoiding when I have kids is fast food. That **** is soooo nasty. I hate eating it myself and I avoid the major offenders McD's, Taco Bell, etc. I do like places like Qdoba and Panera.
It's just people should know by now, you forbid a child completely from something and they'll go buck wild once they can do as they please...
I'm all for healthy living/eating, and teaching your kids at an early age to snack on fruits and veggies when hungry is a great idea.
But for those weirdo super health freaks who would never allow their child to experience a cheeseburger or a slice of pizza, that's just cruel. And I'm not talking that all organic, no GMOs, vegan crap either. By the time a kid is 10 years old, I would hope that every parent has allowed their child to have a big, greasy slice of pizza.
Again, eating healthy is a really good idea. But the thought that bad foods can't be had in moderation, is ridiculous.
Better still is teaching your kids how to eat such that they won't need to snack at all. Which includes the occasional hamburger. Just my opinion.
Well, I have four children. Brilliant in school/college. high grade points. World champions in Martial Arts and Extremely physically fit. A Dancer who is like a stick and a straight-A student. But nothing gets in the way of driving to the little store on a junk food raid. Kids need junk food. I don't know why, but it makes things better sometimes. When both my daughter and I were in college together, my husband would go to the store and buy, M&Ms, chips, pop, and ice cream; everything you need for an eight hour study session! At he dinner table they count calories, protein, carbs, and fats. They can prepare and serve a fully loaded meal fit for an athlete. Junk Food however becomes a party at our house. It happens, probably once a month, but it happens.
When rules are too harsh, children feel too controlled. They know the difference. Things that don't feel right are usually not right. It ends up making them think that they are low and may not allow them to express themselves fully or may infringe on life's ambition. The control doesn't stop at the food, but the food is the most notieable. No one can raise perfect children; it's not the place. Enjoy children they need it!
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Feeding them only veggies, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, berries, legumes, tuna, salmon.
No sugar or empty calories, no non-nutritive snacks even at birthday parties & holidays.
Is this good parenting or too over the top?
The bottom line is that the kids are going to be extraordinarily healthy if they eat this way. What could be wrong with that?
I would reject the premise behind the use of the word "denying" in your OP title. That makes it sound like this is somehow their right or privilege - and you are in some way blocking this - as if it is somehow incumbant upon you to pander to their desire to have such foods.
It is not. Good parenting does indeed include ensuring the best possible diet you can give your child.
Yes, and that happened before and after the 90s as well. (Agreeing with you!) There was a thread on here a while back started by the mom of a baby who felt the babysitter was feeding her child too much; the mom described her kid as "lean" and I thought, "uh-oh". I've seen kids in our office whose parents are so worried about obesity and such as well.
Just like people giving their kids skim milk because they don't realize that kids actually need fat in their diets and the fat soluble vitamins are removed when the fat is removed.
There was a young mother I once knew who decided her little girl was going to be a model and so she would give her only apple juice. Juice isn't particularly healthy -- too much sugar -- but people get on some food obsession and think it's good to limit the body to only one food type.
Luckily for this little girl, the free babysittier -- grandma -- was smarter and would feed the child. Otherwise the child was just going to be given apple juice.
Better still is teaching your kids how to eat such that they won't need to snack at all. Which includes the occasional hamburger. Just my opinion.
Sorry, but kids NEED snacks. They ideally should eat 5 or 6 small "meals" a day vs 3 larger meals. Doesn't mean the snack has to be junk but they need to eat more often.
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