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In reply to the discussion: Ban the sale and advertisement of high-sugar foods to minors? [View all]jen63
(813 posts)healthy food, their taste buds would be acclimated to them instead of chicken nuggets and mac and cheese. I'm for limiting marketing toward kids, but not for banning food. I know so many parents who fix two meals every evening; one for them and one for the kids who think that stuff is yucky. It's ridiculous. My nephew was over one weekend and I told him we were having spaghetti. He said, "I like spaghetti, I just don't like the sauce." Wtf?? What kid doesn't like spaghetti?
I also think this is what the push back of the First Lady's lunch program is about. Parents are mad that their kids don't like the food, because they've never fixed healthy food for their kids in the first place.
I put a plate of food in front of my kid when he was little and didn't say a word about "eating your veggies", he just knew I assumed he was going to eat them. As an adult, he'll try anything now. The last time he was home and I cooked for him he wanted fresh salmon, a baked sweet potato and asparagus.
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