- Unhealthy school breakfast and lunch
- Ice cream being offered as a daily school snack
- Unhealthy snacks/drinks at sports they participate in
- Junk food being sold for school fundraisers
- Treats being given out at church
- Birthday parties
- Grandparents who want to spoil them
- Commercials during children's programing for junk food
- Cartoon characters on the boxes of unhealthy food in the grocery store, at their eye level
- Candy in the grocery store check out lane
- Drive through at the bank handing out lollipops
- Candy rewards at school
- Refreshments at school functions
- Goody bags at school, church, etc. for every occasion, filled with candy
Friday, March 19, 2010
Fighting an uphill battle
I constantly feel at "war" with society when it comes to raising my kids to be healthy, nutritious eaters. I will admit, I get angry when I stop and think about all the ways they are influenced by others on a daily basis to eat junk food. Why does our society seem to encourage kids to be unhealthy? On any average day, my kids could be exposed to...
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And that's just food! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're right!!! I keep the blog only to food because it would consume all of my time if I branched out further. :)
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