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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We totally have some of this "junk" in our house. Because you know what, macaroni and cheese is freaking good. And so are chicken nuggets. Like....when was the last time you tried mac and cheese? It's great.

Our 3 year old had mac and cheese, chicken nuggets, strawberries and broccoli for dinner just last night actually. Finished the chicken, broccoli and strawberries (had seconds) and asked for yogurt. Maybe had a few bites of the macaroni.

Not a big deal. She eats a variety of things just like we do. Feed your kid what they eat and encourage them to try new things. When you have the attitude that some foods are "bad" I think you are doing more harm than good. [/quote]

I don't see anything wrong with mac and cheese, or any of this so-called "junk." But...

1) my idea of moderation is probably different from yours and
2) I will serve it [i]if[/i] that's what I'm also eating and
3) I disagree with this framing: "[b]Feed your kid what they eat[/b] and encourage them to try new things." How do they eat what "they eat?" Because it was introduced, because you buy it, because it's offered regularly. You can start out with a base of nuggets and mac and cheese (and fruit and vegetables) or you can start out with a base of pho or lentils or spanikopita or whatever-- these aren't hard-to-like foods IMO. I'm not talking about hot curry or something. There's a very intellectually incurious strain in some of these discussions that posits The Kids Menu (TM) of America as some sort of purely natural starting point for children's tastebuds. It isn't, or doesn't have to be.

It's not "natural" that Kids Menus and Kid Food (speaking only of entrees) is 80-90%:

Plain cheese pizza
Hot dogs and hamburgers (plain)
Chicken nuggets
Mac and cheese
Buttered noodles or maybe throw some spaghetti sauce on it
Cheese quesadilla
[/quote]

Actually it is natural. Kids have different nutritional needs than adults. They need more fat (cheese) and carbohydrates than we do. That's why they crave them. [/quote]

Nope. Not at all.

Fat and carbs? Natural.

So there's:

Guacamole
Lechon
Salmon/Tuna
Sausage
Delicious cheese that is not American "cheese!"

There's:

Rice Noodles
Couscous
All manner of breads, rice, grains... take your pick
WITH SAUCE AND MEAT AND/OR VEGETABLES

I addressed this. It's not that "Kid Food" is fattier and carb-ier than adult food may be.

[b]It's that it is limited to like 6-8 total possible entrees[/b], and most of those entrees involve

Deep-fried and/or super-processed fatty meats
White bread/tortillas/pasta
Processed cheese limited to maybe 3 cheeses or cheese food products
Basically almost no seasoning except for maybe marinara sauce or ketchup and, often, a boatload of salt

THAT is what is not natural.

I like a little of all of the above, by the way! But it's not like this is the natural starting point for the human race, from which kids should only be expected to very slowly venture. [/quote]

You sound incredibly obsessive about food to be honest. [/quote]

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