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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't really care what other families do, but it does make me wonder when people proclaim that they NEVER allow TV or NEVER allow McDonald's.  What else can the kids NEVER do or have?  Why is it so important to these people to 100% reject parts of American culture that are so commonplace for most families?  I guess my point is, while I certainly don't judge people because they don't go to McDonald's or watch TV, I just wonder about the motivation behind it - even if you as parents don't watch TV or eat McDonald's they both seem pretty harmless in moderation.  Also, as a pp noted, kids do tend to revolt against that sort of total deprivation as they get older.[/quote]

My answer.  The parents who work all the time feel guilty about their complete lack of parenting.  They know that a nanny or daycare is raising their kids.  In order to feel just a little bit better about themselves, they come up with all these insane limits.  They can't control anything their kids do during the day.  But by god, the kids aren't going to eat a chicken mcnugget because "I'm a good mommy".

Stay at home moms?  They are trying to justify their role as wife and mother by micromanaging every detail of their kids' lives.  And they are bored.  So they create drama in their lives by worrying about allergies, gluten free diets, preservatives, and sugar.   After all, we all know that kids who eat foods with red dye number 6 are definitely getting ADHD.

I'm an older mom with college/high school aged kids.  Thankfully, most moms outgrow that nonsense as their kids get older and they realize that the world really isn't a scary, germy place out to get their precious kids.  The moms that don't figure that out raise nutty, depressive, over-anxious kids who drink and take drugs to cope.

Just my opinion : )[/quote]

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