Do kids only eat sugar???

[particleacc]

I have no kids of my own now, but did have a couple of stepkids when I was married, and do NOT remember giving them a diet of pure sugar. My girlfriend and I have been babysitting a couple kids recently and I have noticed something. The first was a 6 year old boy. His mom is a stripper and works late hours, so she often has other family members keep the kid overnight. Since she was unable to get a babysitter for 2 nights last week, my girlfriend volunteered.

Since we have no "kid" food, I had to go shopping to get some stuff. My grocery list was cookies, juice boxes, pudding, and pop tarts. This week, my girlfriend's cousin's 5 year old son got pnuemonia and was admitted to the hospital. She volunteered to have their 8 year old daughter stay with us the next couple nights since the parents are spending most of their time at the hospital.

Her parents sent over Oreos, some cereal called Sugar coated Sugar blasters or some shit, brownies, more chocolate pudding, and more juice boxes. These kids are eating more sugar in a day than I eat protein! And I eat 7 times a day!

WTF, man?

 

[saudades]

It's true. Very sad. And they wonder why there is an obesity problem in the country.

 

[wannagofast]

That, unfortunately, has become the "norm". I have 2 boys, 4yr and newborn. The 4yr old boy doesn't even like the taste of chocolate. He gets a couple pieces of licorice and a bottle of flavored water when we watch movies and thats it. He loves veggies and chicken, just like his dad.

Its all in how the children are raised.

 

[Physick]

My 3 stepkids like sugar for sure but we limit it. They are also very active and have some awesome genetics. 12yr old girl has striations in her delts and one of the 6yr old girls has visible abs.
Now my gf's sister in law is a different story. She has zero healthy food and nothing but junk or processed crap. Won't even buy meat if it isn't some frozen, preservative laden shit. Tried to tell my gf that it isn't healthy to give kids fruit, lean meat and grains and that she would never send her kids to bed without some ice cream because it's not healthy to sleep on an empty stomach.

 

[MachineMan]

Since subsidies of corn have been so prevalent, sugar and starch from corn have been exceedingly cheap and it is speculated that this has, in part, led to the current situation whereby the cheapest foods are pure sugar.

Sugary/starchy/junky food costs way less than real food and so many of the poorer families have been almost economically forced into buying it, and these are usually the same families with obesity problems.

People think steroids are unhealthy, what about the all donut/starbucks/burger/oreo/soda diet?

Effing double standards.

 

[marilyn]

good point

machineman that was a good point. I have one fighter remaining on the picky side, but I will win that battle eventually.. Remember kids will eat it, if you buy it.

 

[bloodshed]

Since subsidies of corn have been so prevalent, sugar and starch from corn have been exceedingly cheap and it is speculated that this has, in part, led to the current situation whereby the cheapest foods are pure sugar.

Sugary/starchy/junky food costs way less than real food and so many of the poorer families have been almost economically forced into buying it, and these are usually the same families with obesity problems.

People think steroids are unhealthy, what about the all donut/starbucks/burger/oreo/soda diet?

Effing double standards.

true, but if you look at the prices of certain foods, eggs for instance are very cheap. 60 eggs for about 5$. if it really came down to it, i would much rather live off of eating only eggs for the rest of my life than buckling down and buying pop tarts. but then again, most people dont really care, or choose to stay ignorant to their health.

 

[blackhole2]

Remid these parents

One tablespoon of sugar suppresses your immune system in 20% for 7 hours!

 

[particleacc]

One tablespoon of sugar suppresses your immune system in 20% for 7 hours!

Gee, I wonder why their other kid has pneumonia!!!!!

 

[saudades]

Tried to tell my gf that it isn't healthy to give kids fruit, lean meat and grains and that she would never send her kids to bed without some ice cream because it's not healthy to sleep on an empty stomach.

Are you serious??? That is unbelievable!

 

[street]

Dont forget when we come into the world we are hard wired so to speak to know that sweet means calories which equals survival.Our kids are 3 and 5 and the 5 year old is starting to know what healthy is she even wrote herself up a diet with healthy food and also added in a cheat day with lollies and stuck it on the cupboard with our diets.

 

[Chuckblonde]

Hmm i wonder why kids these days can't concentrate in school, ADD or massive amounts of sugar and tv?

 

[tomuchgear]

if you introduce sugar in mild doses, and healthy eating habits your good to go. if you prevent your child from sugar at a young age typicaly once they get it they will crave it. we had neighbors that were real bad bout giving there kids sugar. well if the kids are outside naturaly you do the neighborly thing and share ya know lol. we had to take the snacks into our control. we are kinda lucky in the sence both kids what to be big and strong like daddy so they do have healthy eating habits. but our freezer does have plenty of icecream just the sugar free kind as a treat or what not. biggest problem i see with kids diets not just the candy is the freaking soda. kids that can drink a 12 pack of coke or pepsi in a matter of hours. i can imagine the stomach ache or the well poops i would get from that. all things in moderation seems to be a phraze that has gone out the window these days.

 

[abolish the weak]

I'm guilty. When I was a kid I rode my bike to the corner store every single day w/ a buck and blew it on as much sugar as I could. For a buck I could rack up too, usually 2-3 boxes of Boston baked beans or Mike and Ikes, a Fun dip or two, a 25 cent little hugs drink and some bazooka Joe gum. Then go play some baseball and burn it all off. Those were the fucking days man

 

[VanR__]

I have a nephew that is 6 and I have not seen him eat a real meal in his entire God damn lifetime, and I see him atleast twice a month for family dinners.
He eats McDonalds food, ice cream, cookies, fries, chips.
He will not eat any kind of meat except chicken nuggets, no vegetables of any kind. Won't even eat mash potatoes or pasta. Just junk. I can't imagine what his cholesterol is.

His mother is an obese, chain-smoking, heart attack waiting to happen on wheels.

 

[parrajm]

I would refrain from calling chicken nuggets "meat." Its just misleading, haha. When i was a kid the only sugar i got was in the form of baby carrots, not even kidding. If i didn't eat my vegetables which were smartly served first and separately from the rest of each meal, then i sure as hell wasn't eating. These parents just need to get old school with their kids. a smack on the ass would do a lot of little kids some good. This would be the advanced guide to that comment: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=beat

 

[StoryOfTheYear]

IMO Moderation is the key! -StOrY