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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My spouse doesn't understand a concept of eating healthy. His parents and siblings are heavy weight, they eat standard American food.  I bake, cook lots  of meals at home made from scratch, but my spouse/our 6 year old don't appreciate that at all. I spend money on quality, grass fed, organic foods ( most of the time).  All my 6 year old wants is to have mac&cheese everyday, no vegetables, and barely any fruits. Our 6 year old was born small and is very small for her age. She goes to kindergarten to public school and they get free lunches, which are typically junk food ( lots of pizzas, cheap pastas, pretzel, french fries). My kid then comes home and compares my home made soups, breads etc. to the cafeteria food and says that all the food I cook is "yucky". My spouse thinks that it is OK to feed the child junky cereal, ice cream etc. all day long. I'm at my wits end. Yesterday and today I quit cooking and fixing meal for my spouse and my 6 year old. My spouse is feeding her whatever she wants, I just don't care anymore. Do any of you have this problem? [/quote]

Health and safety of the children first.

He is lazy and cutting corners. It’s easy on him, to give additive, processed garbage food to your young kids. Kids love it and bad habits emerge quickly - like whining for more garbage food, not eating healthy foods, expecting garbage food, etc.

Obese children are unhealthy and often inactive, and it is 100% the parents fault. Apples, lentils, eggs, bananas, are not terrible expensive. And only do water.

Just do not keep garbage food in the house. Your spouse needs to grow up and parent. [/quote]

Agree with this, and I totally get your frustration OP.  Your DH does it because it is easy, kids love it and therefore love him for giving it to them.  So he gets that emotional return from them.  And it is addictive.

I don’t know how you solve this if he won’t quit.  You can force him.  But I would pack her school lunch, start there.  And keep making your homemade meals and dodge the take out and boxed Mac and cheese as much as possible without being super controlling about it.  Just don’t buy it and say you aren’t doing take out- you made dinner and leave it at that.  If she won’t eat it, she can have a bowl of plain Cheerios.  [/quote]

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