Crappy Meals?
You can't fool kids
Crappy Meals?
Of the two head Obamas in the White House, Michelle seems to be the one who gets the best-and quickest-results. While hubby struggles to convince Congress that raising taxes is an absolute necessity (and is coming to the realization that they’re not buying it,) the First Missus successfully convinced McDonald’s to add healthful changes to children’s Happy Meals.
Now, the little ones will be munching on more celery and apple slices, and fewer French fries. At least, that’s what the health nuts are hoping.
I get that child obesity is a problem (and as someone who was a very pudgy child forced to wear a neon orange bathing suit at camp, I believe it’s also a question of mental health.)
But seriously, does anyone believe that cutting out a few French fries from an already skimpy carton and replacing them with “Things That Are Good For You” (as if salty, crackling hot potato slices aren’t) is going to make that much of a difference in Brittany and Brandon’s waistlines?
Given my experience with the kind of kids who eat Happy Meals in the first place, they’re not the “Mmmmm, broccoli!” types. They’re not stupid. And they know when they’re being played.
If you ask me, this isn’t going to end well. And I sure hope those free plastic toys don’t have sharp edges…for Mom and Dad’s sake.
Michele means well in her effort to counter childhood obesity. But really, it's not the fries. It's the parents. If only we could replace the lazy/cheap/apathetic parents with a sack of apples and bananas, we'd be better off.
When I was a kid, fast food was a treat that we got once in a while -- on family vacations, long car trips, or as a treat for being good during an afternoon of the dreaded back-to-school clothes shopping. Otherwise, mom cooked reasonably healthy meals and we were expected to eat them, like it or not.
Our society has gotten so far into the "here and now" mindset of instant gratification that families are willing to stuff their kids with what is cheap, quick, and easy, rather than nutritious. And then they have the stones to complain and say that their "right to choose what's best for their family" is being taken away. If you choose to have kids, you're going to have to make sacrifices and that includes your time and money in order to make sure they're eating right, plain and simple.— phillycc74
The dummy Michelle doesn't understand that which George Orwell explained over 70 years ago: "The ordinary human being would sooner starve than live on brown bread and raw carrots. And the peculiar evil is this, that the less money you have, the less inclined you feel to spend it on wholesome food...When you are unemployed...harassed, bored and miserable, you don't want to eat wholesome dull food. You want something a little bit tasty."— retour
"For the first time...." Michele is all about Michele. 19 months and goodbye Michele. That will be my happy meal.— PlumberJoe
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