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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason for this societal problem is on display in this thread.  Nothing but denial, excuses, and blame-shifting.[/quote]

You are reading negativity into people searching for reasons.[/quote]

I do not believe most of the respondents on this thread are sincerely searching for reasons.  Unless you mean reasons why it’s not their fault?

If your kid is overweight he’s eating too much.  You can talk about chemicals and sports and medications and ultra processed versus organics until the cows come home, but if you’re avoiding looking at the actual number of calories consumed it’s most likely because you KNOW your kid is just eating too much.[/quote]

+1. This just goes back to the current parenting problem overall right now. An inability to tell the child "No." and mean it. [/quote]

I have no problem telling my kids no. But the school and after care feed them crap. I send a homemade lunch and snacks but even in my affluent area many parents don’t. The school breakfast and lunch are highly processed sugar laden junk. After care is just as bad. The after care actually declared last year it intended to serve healthy snacks - which it defined as go gurt and corn chips instead of Doritos. Ridiculous. So far my kids are skinny and hopefully they’ll remain so since my spouse’s family are all slim and they seem to take after that side in terms of build. But it’s a constant fight and hard for them to understand why mean mom won’t let them buy lunch daily like their friends. Yes I am willing to be the mean mom but I do wonder if they’ll develop a complex about it, plus so many other parents don’t have the energy for this fight when the environment they’re in is problematic and inescapable. [/quote]

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