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Dylan is almost four. He's only 75% for BMI, 25% height, 50% weight. I already feel bad for him being short 🙂And now i look at what's in the house. Sure he eats fruits n veggies. love's eggs and bacon. But then loves his "fruit" snacks and his clif kid z bars. I'm curious at what point does one say, no letting their kid eat stuff like that. Today he went to the beach with mommy and had McDonalds. I feel bad he's eating it. Is that wrong of me ??
Hell no. My kid is 2.5 and he loves McDonald's chicken nuggets. I tell him that it's junk and that mcdonalds is only for very special treats once in a while. Now my kid certianly has more then his fair share of cookies, snacks, Mac and cheese, etc. but I try my best to say 'see daddy? He eats vegetables and steak. You want to be big and strong like daddy? Then you need to drink your milk and eat good food'. I don't think there's anything wrong with havin your children not eat crap, but you also have to realize that they are kids and they don't understand really what crap food is. They don't get that chicken nuggets barely contain actual chicken. It's our job as parents to find that line of educating them without being tyrants and forcing them to eat well and never have cookies and snacks, etc. I think the key is to just get them to understand the bad junk food that they like is meant to be a special treat , so that way they don't abuse them and eat them too much.
I agree with what is said above. I don't think it is a bad idea to have them start early and understand the differences in foods. Moderation is key to a lot of success.
I think feeding kids this shit/junk food is like child abuse with food. I don't have a kid but if I did he/she wouldn't be eating any of this processed shit that's not even food. The only options your kids have are the ones you give them so if you don't want them eating junk do buy it or have it around.
It's pretty much exactly what I planned to do once I do have kids too. I barely have that around me as is, no sense in changing that once the little ones are running about.
It's pretty much exactly what I planned to do once I do have kids too. I barely have that around me as is, no sense in changing that once the little ones are running about.
Seems like the best and smartest thing to do. From all the reading and listening I've done diet pretty much controls EVERYTHING.... If you want the best for your kid feed them the best food you can afford and nothing less.
Gotcha, thank you all! Positive afermation I see 🙂 Now the only real catch is figuring out exactly how to make sure my wife understands and how to do it right.She's not fat FYI, normally we eat pretty darn well, but lately due to life being, just that, life she's been a tad derailed.More importantly, I think I need to stash his "fruit" snacks and zbars. Limit them to one a day. I'm sure this will be a nice discussion at my house..... thanks again!
As a mom of 2 kids (4 and 6) we try our best to feed them healthy. They both eat gluten free 90% of the time. We don't deprive them of cake when we are a party or a friends. The occasional McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts happens too. We try to limit the processed food and push fresh meats and veggies/fruit when at home. My daughter doesn't eat meat so sometimes it can be tricky. We buy what we can organic or grass fed. Lots of our pay goes to groceries. We are a military family too. I think I saw you are Navy. So we do what we can manage. While they are little we are trying to show them what healthy foods are so that when they are growing up they can make the right choices for themselves.
As a mom of 2 kids (4 and 6) we try our best to feed them healthy. They both eat gluten free 90% of the time. We don't deprive them of cake when we are a party or a friends. The occasional McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts happens too. We try to limit the processed food and push fresh meats and veggies/fruit when at home. My daughter doesn't eat meat so sometimes it can be tricky. We buy what we can organic or grass fed. Lots of our pay goes to groceries. We are a military family too. I think I saw you are Navy. So we do what we can manage. While they are little we are trying to show them what healthy foods are so that when they are growing up they can make the right choices for themselves.
This is the same way I'd do things. Keep it healthy most of the time but still allow some out of the norm foods.
Make things fun too, incorporate the kids to help cook healthy meals building healthy habits early. You can easily make things like chicken nuggets and pizzas at home, with much better ingredients while making it a fun family activity.And we short people are the ones that really run the world ;D
Make things fun too, incorporate the kids to help cook healthy meals building healthy habits early. You can easily make things like chicken nuggets and pizzas at home, with much better ingredients while making it a fun family activity.And we short people are the ones that really run the world ;D
Agreed! My mom always had me cook/bake with her so I took a note from her book. Side note, lastnights egg whipping involved him thinking it was funny being bare ass during the process.
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