Anonymous wrote:Too much of both, but they're generally happy, healthy kids who would far prefer to play outside than watch TV and far from overweight, so I'm not going to spend time worrying about what you all think. It works for us.
Anonymous wrote:To those of you who say you don't eat McDonald's - do you ever eat out? Where?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Confession: I think parents who let their kids watch more than a show or two a week are lazy. Seriously, your kid can't occupy himself for 20 minutes while you get ready for work in the morning? And yes, I work full-time and have two kids under 4. Neither of whom have watched more than a show or two at a friend's house.
They don't watch television because they don't spend any time at home. They spend their lives in a daycare center.
Anonymous wrote:If you are working mother, of course your kids don't watch television during week! If you work a full time job, you pick your kids up around 5:30-6 from daycare, right? You might get home by 6:30. If you can throw supper together quickly you might eat around 7? (I'm guessing here....I'm a stay-at-home mother.) Your children are in bed by 7:30-8pm, right? That leaves barely enough time to give them a bath and put them to bed.
Let's be honest, during the week, you might see your kids for an hour or two in the evening. And most of that is taken up with cooking, cleaning up, and bedtime.
Anonymous wrote:To those of you who say you don't eat McDonald's - do you ever eat out? Where?
Anonymous wrote:well christ, if you are using the internet to watch tv, then you still watch television programing. that was not my point. I think it bizarre to not watch ANY television.
are these all chinese tiger moms? seriously, I'm curious.
Anonymous wrote:To those of you who say you don't eat McDonald's - do you ever eat out? Where?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That being said, I find it odd that people are defending TV and fast food like it's the bald eagle or the Statue of Liberty or something. .
I used to wonder the same thing when I had a baby. Why so defensive? Then I caved in on McDs and trust me, after you get enough dirty looks and eyerolls from parents who think they are SO much better than you because you mentioned you dared to take your child to McDonalds (while their kid is sitting there eating junk food that they think is fine because its "organic") - you get a bit defensive.
It's silly of course. There things I find important that others don't. But just explaining where the defensiveness comes from.
Raise your child as you see fit.
I get it if people are being rude to you in real life, and I also get that there are people who think organic processed food is better than non-organic processed food when it's nutritionally the same. What I don't really get is the way that people just answering the question truthfully are accused of being sanctimonious. People simply doing something different does not have to mean they think they're better or are judging others. Really. And even if they are secretly doing so in their heads, they didn't SAY so and I (personally) only have so much energy to get defensive about what others might be thinking in their heads.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That being said, I find it odd that people are defending TV and fast food like it's the bald eagle or the Statue of Liberty or something. .
I used to wonder the same thing when I had a baby. Why so defensive? Then I caved in on McDs and trust me, after you get enough dirty looks and eyerolls from parents who think they are SO much better than you because you mentioned you dared to take your child to McDonalds (while their kid is sitting there eating junk food that they think is fine because its "organic") - you get a bit defensive.
It's silly of course. There things I find important that others don't. But just explaining where the defensiveness comes from.
Raise your child as you see fit.
I get it if people are being rude to you in real life, and I also get that there are people who think organic processed food is better than non-organic processed food when it's nutritionally the same. What I don't really get is the way that people just answering the question truthfully are accused of being sanctimonious. People simply doing something different does not have to mean they think they're better or are judging others. Really. And even if they are secretly doing so in their heads, they didn't SAY so and I (personally) only have so much energy to get defensive about what others might be thinking in their heads.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Look people, it's possible for a child to grow up without fast food and be normal. I promise. I'm the one who said I'm against McDonald's as a corporation and I love how people are telling me Starbucks and Chipotle are no worse. First of all, I've never eaten at Chipotle, and second, having a chai latte or a cup of coffee from Starbucks is not the same as eating a hamburger from McDonald's.
I am against McDonald's because of how they have changed farming practices in this country. As the largest purchaser of meat, they really created industrial farming or at least greatly contributed to it. All of our meat comes from four main factories, and if you think the steak you order at a nice restaurant is any different from the quality of meat at McDonald's you are fooling yourself. Not to mention, it is full of crap and sodium, and it is so processed it does decompose. YUM.
I'm a food snob, and we don't eat very much meat, and the meat we do eat is from a few particular sources. I never at McDonald's as a kid so why would I start when I have kids? My kids eat junk food. We eat cake, ice cream, cookies, in moderation etc. but that to me is very different than eating a fast food meal. This is how I grew up and my husband too - it wasn't weird, we just didn't go to McDonald's as a family very often.
It's sad that eating dinner at home is considered weird or abnormal.
This is us, exactly.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That being said, I find it odd that people are defending TV and fast food like it's the bald eagle or the Statue of Liberty or something. .
I used to wonder the same thing when I had a baby. Why so defensive? Then I caved in on McDs and trust me, after you get enough dirty looks and eyerolls from parents who think they are SO much better than you because you mentioned you dared to take your child to McDonalds (while their kid is sitting there eating junk food that they think is fine because its "organic") - you get a bit defensive.
It's silly of course. There things I find important that others don't. But just explaining where the defensiveness comes from.
Raise your child as you see fit.
I get it if people are being rude to you in real life, and I also get that there are people who think organic processed food is better than non-organic processed food when it's nutritionally the same. What I don't really get is the way that people just answering the question truthfully are accused of being sanctimonious. People simply doing something different does not have to mean they think they're better or are judging others. Really. And even if they are secretly doing so in their heads, they didn't SAY so and I (personally) only have so much energy to get defensive about what others might be thinking in their heads.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I have never seen anyone have health problems from NOT watching TV or eating fast food, but I know lots of examples of the opposite. So, if my child wants to find out if he is the type of person who can watch TV for hours on end without getting depressed or crabby and/or eat fast food regularly without getting fat, he is going to have to figure that out on his own as an adult: I am not going to be running that experiment on him as a child.
Just curious: what are your (and other no-TV posters) plans if when your child gets older starts asking to watch certain things on TV? You know how it is in school - especially middle school - kids feel like they just have to watch certain shows to fit in, etc. Will you allow it then?