God, that’s awful… it’s just a kid and suger isn’t awful, sugar isn’t bad as long as it’s not excessive
Kids those ages don’t need to worry about nutrition and diets or whatever, that’s up to parents to provide for and a little sugar isn’t bad, kids should be able to have candy
Fuzzy-Palpitation271 on
Sugar isn’t dangerous.
Getting on a third grader about nutrition will build a lifelong battle with food. I promise you.
Midmodstar on
Please don’t food shame your child. Teach them to eat a wide variety of foods and to eat treats in moderation. Sincerely, someone who had a mom who told me all the horrors of fast food, sugar, and white bread and gave me a lifetime of food anxiety and disordered eating. 🥺
alienmelp on
Maybe something that would be useful and create a healthier relationship with food would be to order some cook books with balanced meals and take a day a week to make them together? That way your child learns a lifelong skill, gets a familiarity with healthy home-made foods, and it could be good for bonding. There is a lot of unnecessary sugar in some things but I think trying to portray a specific thing as “bad” can create either a guilt relationship with those types of food or push kids to get it when their parents aren’t around (at least in my experience around children). Allowing for sweets and sugar in moderation and showing that through your actions may be more successful.
IndigoRuby on
Are you the parent of this lucky 8 year old?
The behavior you want to encourage you need to model first.
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God, that’s awful… it’s just a kid and suger isn’t awful, sugar isn’t bad as long as it’s not excessive
Kids those ages don’t need to worry about nutrition and diets or whatever, that’s up to parents to provide for and a little sugar isn’t bad, kids should be able to have candy
Sugar isn’t dangerous.
Getting on a third grader about nutrition will build a lifelong battle with food. I promise you.
Please don’t food shame your child. Teach them to eat a wide variety of foods and to eat treats in moderation. Sincerely, someone who had a mom who told me all the horrors of fast food, sugar, and white bread and gave me a lifetime of food anxiety and disordered eating. 🥺
Maybe something that would be useful and create a healthier relationship with food would be to order some cook books with balanced meals and take a day a week to make them together? That way your child learns a lifelong skill, gets a familiarity with healthy home-made foods, and it could be good for bonding. There is a lot of unnecessary sugar in some things but I think trying to portray a specific thing as “bad” can create either a guilt relationship with those types of food or push kids to get it when their parents aren’t around (at least in my experience around children). Allowing for sweets and sugar in moderation and showing that through your actions may be more successful.
Are you the parent of this lucky 8 year old?
The behavior you want to encourage you need to model first.
Way to give your kid an eating disorder